New Year’s Day Flower Count

Choisya ternataDaphne x transatlantica ‘Eternal Fragrance’Diosma hirsuta ‘Pink Fountain’Erica carneaErica x darleyensis ‘Silberschmelze’Erigeron glaucusErigeron karvinskianusHelleborus ‘Glenda’s Gloss’Heuchera x ‘Cherry Cola’Nandina domestica ‘Brightlight’Narcissus ‘Paperwhite Ziva’Parahebe ‘Avalanche’Pieris japonica ‘Cupido’Rosa ‘Noason’ ‘Celina’Rosa ‘Pierre de Ronsard’Rosa ‘Sourire d’orchidée’Salvia ‘Amistad’Sarcococca confusaSkimmia Japonica ‘Rubella’Solanum jasminoides ‘Alba’Spiraea japonica sp.Veronica spicata ‘Rosea’Viburnum tinus ‘Eve Price’Vinca major

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New Year’s Day Flower Count 2020

Here are the “usual suspects”, with a few variations this year. 1.- Polygala myrtifolia2.- Viola (pansy)3.- Vinca major4.- Helleborus ‘Camelot’5.- Helleborus ‘Glenda’s Gloss’6.- Erica arborea ‘Great Star’7.- Erica x darleyensis ‘Silberschmelze’8.- Skimmia Japonica ‘Rubella’9.- Salvia ‘Amistad’10.- Rosa ‘Noason’ ‘Celina’11.- Narcissus ‘Paperwhite Ziva’12.- Rosa ‘Madame Alfred Carrière’13.- Solanum jasminoides ‘Alba’14.- Spiraea…

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New Year’s Day 2019 Flower Count

New Year’s Day 2019 Flower Count in papi Jo’s garden.  Calamintha nepeta Spiraea thunbergii ‘Fujino Pink’ Clematis ‘Samaritan Jo’ Vinca major Sarcococca confusa Saxifraga fortunei sp. Erica carnea Camellia Japonica x williamsii ‘Buttons & Bows’ Erica arborea ‘Great Star’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Silberschmelze’ Daphne x transatlantica ‘Eternal Fragrance’ Helleborus orientalis…

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New Year’s Day 2018 Flower Count

New Year’s Day 2018 Flower Count in papi Jo’s garden. periwinkle Vinca major alpine heath Erica carnea sweet box Sarcococca confusa (buds) Darley Dale heath Erica x darleyensis ‘Silberschmelze’. In flower from October to April! Erica lusitanica ‘Le Vasterival’. In flower from November to March. Schizostylis coccinea Pink Princess (?)…

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New Year’s Day 2017 Flower Count

New Year’s Day 2017 Flower Count in papi Jo’s garden. Choisya ternata Erica x darleyensis ‘Silberschmelze’ Daphne x transatlantica  ‘Eternal Fragrance’ (no longer scented but constantly in flower since the month of May!) Erica carnea Sarcococca confusa Helleborus orientalis Erica lusitanica ‘Great Star’ ‘Le Vasterival’ Skimmia Japonica ‘Rubella’ Rosa ‘Pierre…

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