The one and only #Tropical #Hibiscus I keep year to year is this unusual beauty, Hibiscus schizopetalus 😍❤️‍🔥so worth the winter greenhouse space #Flowers #Gardening #Winter #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #MyGreenhouse

10 cm of snow, -9°C this morning… what a winter! ❄️ ⛄️ 🥶

One of my dianthus plants from last year is awake from its summer slumber to show off 😍🩷loving the freckles 💘 #Flowers #Gardening #Winter #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #Plants

Saxifraga bronchialis austromontana, our Spotted Saxifrage, blooming on the Cub Lake trail #nativeplants #FallbackFlowers #Fallback to July 5 🌿

The first blooms are opening on our Edgeworthia chrysatha. We got up to 46F and there was enough sun to inspire an initial pulse. Only very mild fragrance with so few flowers open. #portland #oregon #gardening #plant

🌱I know I say this a lot, but this really is one of my favorite dahlias ever🌸🌼💚 #flowerfeed #bloomscrolling

Who won? 🐱 #caturday #cats #catlovers #skycats #catsofbluesky #petsofbluesky #blackandwhitephotography

A flowering #lavender plant right outside my front door! It was -6°C this morning and it's still alive! 🥶🌱

Here's the very pretty #palm tree in my parents' garden, dusted with snow this morning! This Trachycarpus fortunei is over 30 years old. I planted it in the 90s, and look what it's become… ! 🌱🌴😀

Coleus neochilus in bloom in my greenhouse ( formerly named #plectranthus ) 🌱

Only a light dusting of snow here but we've had a few hard frosts that temporarily 'variagated' the Daphne the other morning #GardensHour 🌱

#SundayYellow is a very late bloom on my Yuletide #Camellia 😍 #Flowers #Gardening #Winter #Plants #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport

#sixonsaturday 03-01-26 : Holly, lamb’s lettuce, hibiscus syriacus, fatsia, strobilanthes and the river Seine near home : fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/s... 😎🌱

#SixOnSaturday is a brand new year full of plant possibilities. Little fish shaped Gasteria flowers, viola, bulb foliage emerging, winter moon, Mammillaria and Thanksgiving cactus cutting. #Flowers #Gardening #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #Plants #Winter

☺️🌵💛🩷 Happy New Year, Ilena!🤗😚💖 It been a little snowy at my house❄️🥶🤣

#FlowersOnFriday is another cutie cacti in my collection blooming 😆🌵love the tiny yellow center 🩷💛 #CactusFlowers #Flowers #Gardening #CactusCollection #Plants #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport

How long do they last? I had one of my cacti bloom this summer, the blooms start to fade inside of 24 hours.

Appropriate.....timing😉⚛️

#HappyNewYear2026 for the first day of the year it’s a long time resident 🌵in my #CactusCollection that’s decided to flower😍🎊 #Flowers #Gardening #CactusFlowers #GulfOfMexico #Cacti #FlowerReport

On this last day of 2025 it’s time to be reflective of the year in #MyGarden what worked, what didn’t, and what could I do better. Here’s a cute #Kalanchoe I coaxed into bloom from my collection😍 #NewYearsEve #Plants #Flowers #Gardening #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #MyGreenhouse

🪾Linden tree over 300 years old Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday before New Year

… and various other frozen things from my garden like : sempervivum, hottentot-fig, Rhapidophyllum hystrix ( needle palm), nandina, rhodo flower, camellia buds, rubus lineatus ,phyllostachys nigra 🌱

Various frozen ferns -4°C this morning ❄️

It started with a blustery wind 💨 then a temperature drop🔽🥶I watered and bundled up everything I could yesterday🙏sharp wind and dry conditions can equal certain death ☠️to your plants #Gardening #Plants #PlantProtection #Winter

The first and oldest #Hellebore I ever purchased is still by far a star✨in my collection and is always the first to flower 😍 #Flowers #Gardening #Winter #GulfOfMexico #Plants #FlowerReport

With cold, blustery weather coming the flowers are cuddling up 😂 #Flowers #Gardening #Plants #Violas #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #Winter

Winter buds of #camellia 🌱

Here is one of our favorite #Vanda #Orchids that is blooming today in #MyGarden just in time for #Christmas. This one blooms several times a year. Unfortunately its label was lost long ago. 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #Orchid #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport

Purple Matthiola aka stock blooming now from seeds collected last year. It’s going to be freezing for the #NewYear so I am bundling up a few things today and tomorrow including my almost ready cabbages🙏 #Flowers #Gardening #Plants #Winter #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #GYO

Orchids feature in today's #sixonsaturday, and include my photos from 2022 to 2025. #orchids #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling

#sixonsaturday 27-12-25 in which I present some of the highlights of 2025 : fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2025/12/27/s... 🌱

In today's Betwixtmas #SixonSaturday... a fragrant Coronilla, a new tree decoration, Photinia flower buds, Cyclamen, a cheery Viola & a plucky Strawflower 🌱 onemanandhisgardentrowel.wordpress.com/2025/12/27/s...

#SixOnSaturday this the last Saturday of 2025. Gulf Fritillary hanging on a chin, pansies, #Gardenia seed pods, #Camellia and a discount rescue of a #Epiphyllum now repotted in proper soil😍 #Flowers #Gardening #Plants #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #Goodbye2025 #Winter

Christmas in Connecticut!

A perfectly blue sky and this #eucalyptus from my garden today to wish you all happy holidays and a wonderful Christmas. 🎄🌱☀️

Today’s pictures. -2.5°C this morning and a beautiful winter sun. ☀️❄️🌱

It’s a dreary morning for #FlowersOnFriday so here is a sweet pot of purple pansies hanging out with my potted black bamboo 😃 #Flowers #Gardening #Pansies #BlackBamboo #Plants #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #Winter

Happy Christmas to you too.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all 🎅🏻🎄🎁🤗 #Gardening #Flowers #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays #Plants #Camellias #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport

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On this #ChristmasEve the first stock bloom is open. You wouldn’t think one flower could produce a scent but you would be wrong 🥰 #Flowers #Gardening #Plants #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #Winter

#Tamarin leaves 😍🌱 From seedlings a few months ago

#mangave ‘Moonglow’ pollen and flowers 🌱

#TuesdayBlues is my potted #Plumbago that I gave a savage cut back and repotted in autumn after two years in the same pot. 😍💙 #Flowers #Gardening #BlueFlowers #Plants #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #MyGreenhouse

On this #MagentaMonday today is my #MothersBirthday It’s been a long time but I still miss her and would love just one more hug🥺 #Flowers #Gardening #Plants #GulfOfMexico #Winter #FlowerReport #Pansies #GYO

It may be #WinterSolstice but my eyes 👀 are fully on spring with petunia seedlings, foxgloves, delphinium, hollyhocks and lupines 🙌 #Flowers #Gardening #Plants #Winter #GulfOfMexico #GYO #FlowerReport

💃we finally made it to the #WinterSolstice the shortest day of the year ⏰it’s supposed to be a beautiful #ChristmasWeek here with sunshine and mild temperatures🤩my red Australian finger lime is in full flower now #Flowers #Gardening #GulfOfMexico #Plants #FlowerReport #Winter

🌱In keeping with the season, Camellia Yuletide. Finally coming back after a year or two of struggling. And with excellent timing. Merry Yule!