December 15 - just a little colour in the garden

Amazing colour Shirley … I love the pink Choisya!

It's lovely to see some colour in the garden in December! When I was a boy everything was frosted even before Bonfire Night! Now the frosts seem to come later every year & the spring earlier! Most years even the winters no longer seem like the winters of yore!

I love that Hebe ‘Silver Anniversary’! It looks so good with the different colours!

At present I still have variegated Geraniums flowering in hanging baskets on the balcony & even a few of the Calibrachoas have some flowers! Other than those in hanging baskets I have Violas flowering in pots on the balcony railings. They don't look much at the moment but that should change. I had to cut them back when I planted them up because they were pretty elongated & would have looked even worse that now.

Lots of lovely, late colour, Shirley! My “one " hebe is still in full bloom too. Thanks for sharing.

it is always uplifting when flowers are out and foliage is looking spruced up what ever the time of year. Your garden is looking wonderful.

So many things still flowering Shirley, that's great for December.. I do love the Choisya, I would love this one in my garden!

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments. Now to confess - I typed Choisya when it should have been Pieris!

I now wonder if this plant has faded so much because it is poorly, help!!!

So much colour still. I love the purple Hebe & fancy the Gazania still flowering, they usually need warmth & bright sunshine. I'm I'm not sure there is much wrong with your Pieris. It can't stay really bright forever, can it? I have not cut my Salvia Pink lips down either. It's not really flowering but the growth is still healthy & green so I am leaving it for now. Ty, for sharing your garden with us. Have a nice Christmas, not long now.

You still have a lot of colour there Shirley and I love the Hebe Silver Anniversary!
I didn't think there was a picture of a choisya there! lol
I wonder if winter is now going to be later now as my garden still has plants flowering in it like yours.

It is so mild at the moment and the flowers in your garden are really enjoying it. The birds are singing as if it is spring!
To see the shoots of the bulbs is a real joy though and gives hope for the future.
I also love your hebes.

I think the Pieris has enjoyed the warm Autumn we had. It has a lot of new colour Shirley, just lovely...

Nice to see some colour in mid winter Shirley :)

Thank you all so much for looking in - we have just discovered that our son and young grandaughter have both had positive PCR test results - he is poorly but she is bouncing around (at 9 yrs. old she would!!) saying she's Positive as if it's a good thing!

Our Boxing Day meal with them at our house is now postponed until who knows when . . . :o((

Stay safe everyone . . .

Oh dear, that’s such a shame for you and your family Shirley. Hope you’ll be able to plan for a New Year meal instead.

Thanks Sheila, the way things are going, it could well be Easter before we have that meal! One of our daughter's friends called round earlier today to collect the present I had for her six year old - just horrible to have to keep a distance from the doorstep to them - I missed my hugs from them . . . :o(

Of course you do Shirley … we are all missing those hugs so much.

Uplifting to see colour in the garden.

Linda, it certainly is. We have a sea mist rolling in now - shame after a good sunny start to the day!

Shirley, I was sad to read about your family having covid!
We found out yesterday that our son has it and they were coming over from Leicester to spend Boxing day with us!
The same day, my daughter rang up and she and my grandaughter who is 17 both have it!
Apparently the people they caught it off had been fully vaccinated too! This is very worrying!

Rose, it's a pretty strong variant, the Omicron, even some of those who are triple jabbed seem to succumb. Not only do I feel sorry for them, but also for the NHS staff who are working in the hospitals . . . so worrying for them all!

Thanks Shirley! All my family are recovering well from it now !
We were just lucky that my daughter hadn't been able to visit for a few weeks as we may have got it!