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<\/a><\/p>\nA dianthus blooming in a pot near the driveway.\u00a0 This single, brave bloom looked chilly and wet but added some color to a gray day.<\/p>\n
Rose hips on the crazy wild rose at the end of the driveway.\u00a0 These are festive, and I probably should make tea with them, but I never remember before they disappear.<\/p>\n This Verbascum\u00a0has gotten huge and fallen leaves are wedging in between its woolly leaves.<\/p>\n Close-up of the Lamium leaves.<\/p>\n Algerian ivy from brother Tim trying to escape from the Doug fir bed.\u00a0 The leaves are real stand-outs this time of year.<\/p>\n Ivy close-up.<\/p>\n Aucuba looking shiny fresh.<\/p>\n A A single white borage blooming in the veggie bed.<\/p>\n Very hardy geranium blooming in a pot near the veggie beds.<\/p>\n A few streptocarpus are blooming in the greenhouse still.\u00a0 There are so many plants in there, I can\u2019t get close to these to get a better photo!<\/p>\n I was a little surprised to see these nasturtiums blooming at the back of the greenhouse.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t look like it has gotten cold in there at all.<\/p>\n Seedling pelargonium blooming at the sunny end of the greenhouse.<\/p>\n Plectranthus humbly flowering in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n Another streptocarpus that doesn\u2019t seem to know it is December.<\/p>\n When I opened the greenhouse door, a sweet smell overwhelmed me.\u00a0 It was the angel\u2019s trumpet, with two perfect blooms.<\/p>\n The second bloom and there is another bud coming!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019ve had some dry weather and sun, but cool weather.\u00a0 Still, a few plants are blooming outside, and a few in the greenhouse, too.\u00a0 I like to inventory the flowers around the yard on Christmas Day, but I bet I won\u2019t have time this year, so I took photos a bit early. A dianthus blooming … Continue reading December Flowers and Foliage<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Lamium looks fresh this time of year.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n