Aloe 'Moonglow'
Mostly Aloes and other South African plants this month, but a few roses and miscellany as well.
Miscellany. The first Hippeastrum 'La Paz' flowers just opening this morning. Probably more color as the flowers fully develop. Three bulbs, eight stems, two to four flowers per stem. As the bulbs mature perhaps more flowers per stem.
The more slender flowers make the pot less likely to be top-heavy and fall over.Buds developing on Magnolia 'Royal Star':
A bronze Aeonium sends up a flower stalk:
Honey bee coming in for a landing onto the tiny flowers of Euphorbia tirucalli 'Sticks on Fire':
'Davids Choice' Albutilon strengthened this year:
Still not fully established and thriving, but maybe it's getting there:
'Wendy's Wish' Most are cut back for winter but I left one for the hummers:
Saliva 'Roman Red' planted too late in the season in 2022 to get established, finally looks decent. It may have a good 2024: Iochroma 'Purple Queen', hard-pruned to the trunk in October, bounced back fast:
Echeveria coccinea's flower stems bloom for many weeks, the stem elongating as each flower develops:
A few roses: 'The Poet's Wife':
'Valencia':
'The Ambridge Rose':
And many plants native to South Africa. Aloe cameronii with A. hardyi in the backgound:
Another angle:With about-to-flower Agave 'Joe Hoak':Aloe (Aloidendron?) candelabrum:
Protea x 'Sylvia':Aloe thraskii, with Aussie Callistemon 'Slim' in the background:Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder' is sunshine on a cloudy day:Slipping in another Aussie: Grevillea 'Superb':Arctotis 'Pink Sugar': Update: forgot the Gerbera, another SA daisy:
Leucospermum 'Tango':Open pollinated Aloe capitata hybrid has a similar look to Aloe 'Moonglow', but this plant is so far solitary and the flower silhouette is cylindrical rather than tapering:Aloe van balenii with 'Moonglow' in the background:'Moonglow':Aloe chabaudii:Time to get out there now, chop back some roses, and enjoy the day. Happy blooms!
Echeveria coccinea's flower stems bloom for many weeks, the stem elongating as each flower develops:
A few roses: 'The Poet's Wife':
Aloe thraskii, with Aussie Callistemon 'Slim' in the background:
Slipping in another Aussie: Grevillea 'Superb':
Arctotis 'Pink Sugar':
those long tapering blooms on van balenii! Wonderful January BD show!
ReplyDeleteA vanbalenii best before too many of the flowers open--they develop a bedhead style of flowers going every which way. Chilly in OR, according to the news. Take care!
DeleteThis is certainly a breath of fresh air when compared to the landscapes here at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI read that the Portland region was getting some pretty bad weather and lots of downed trees. Hope you didn't lose power with it so cold. Tough on the plants, too.
DeleteSo many wonderful Aloe blooms! I'm surprised you already have an Arctotis making an appearance. Your Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder' is impressive too. I think mine has been pruned back too closely and too often to put on a really good show - they want more space than I've allotted them, although at least the signs I posted on mine have kept the gardeners from hacking them back before they produced their sunny bracts. Happy Bloom Day, HB!
ReplyDeleteThe rabbits have not shown up yet to bite off all the Arctotis flowers. Hooray for owls!
DeleteI cut back 'Wilson just a little last spring after the flowering was finished. Cutting back Leucadendrons seems to help them a lot, though. Timing, I guess. Happy Bloom Day, Kris!
I'm alway falling hard for those orange blooms of Aloe candelabrum. So gorgeous!
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Really saturated coral color on that one, and because it is still short, the flowers can be admired up close. :)
DeleteOh my gosh, glorious blooms! I am impatiently waiting for my aloe blooms to open. Yours are in full glory. I like that echeveria bloom, so bold. And, the rose pictures are fantastic.
ReplyDeleteAloes make our winter here beautiful! Soon yours as well. Happy you liked the pictures, thanks.
DeleteMust be a joy to walk around your garden right now. You have a lot of interesting flowers such as the sticks on fire. Interesting little things. Wilson's Wonder does make the garden glow. Absolutely beautiful. Seeing all these blooms on a very cold wintery day lifts the spirits.
ReplyDeleteWinter is prime gardening time here because it is cool enough to work all day without getting uncomfortably hot, even when it's sunny.
DeleteA lovely post, as always. Much to celebrate! 'Purple Queen,' 'Pink Sugar,' and 'Sylvia,' in particular, caught my eye. But everything here is beautiful and inspiring.
ReplyDeleteThanks for having a look. Glad you liked the pictures!
DeleteWas just at a nursery this morning that had thousands of little, teeny tiny gerbera daisy seedlings. I didn't recognize them because the leaves were so small. I am still envious of all the blooming aloes. I've got a few smaller varieties blooming in the greenhouse back at home, but not quite the same. I really like the combo with the aloe flowers and the purple aeonium.
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