Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - February 2016

As our host for this monthly meme, Carol of May Dreams Gardens, is fond of quoting from the esteemed gardener Elizabeth Lawrence, we can have blooms every month of the year. But in late winter, even a mild winter like we are having this year, they do get a bit sparse.


We can depend on the violas, of course. Sweet little flowers! 

They bloom in several colors in pots around my yard.

These are next to the patio, where I can enjoy them when I'm lounging in my favorite seat.

This pot has a little bit of every color.

Along the back fence, the antique rose, 'Old Blush,' is flowering.  

Another of my roses that is blooming now is the David Austin rose, 'Molineux.'

Beside the garden shed, 'Peggy Martin' rose is in full flower.

This oxalis is a weed, but it brings some color to several of my beds at this time of year. I can tolerate it because it fades away as soon as the weather heats up. Which will probably be sooner than we would like. 

If it is February, it must be Carolina jessamine time. This vine next to the patio will be covered in these yellow blossoms in a few days.

And in its corner of the garden, the Cape honeysuckle, normally dormant at this time, is still sending out fresh blooms every few days.

 
As we head into the last third of winter, my zone 9a garden still has not had a freeze. It's been a very strange winter indeed. 

What has winter been like where you live? Or, if you are in the southern hemisphere, what has your summer been like? On next Bloom Day, we'll be getting ready for the change of seasons. Just a few more weeks...

Happy Bloom Day and thank you for visiting my garden this month. 

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