Comfortable Monday GPODers!
Whereas February is the shortest month, for many people in colder climates it might really feel just like the month that by no means ends. The joy of the New Yr has waned, and snowstorm after snowstorm turns into much less like festive climate and extra like tedious work. We really feel spring slowly approaching, however that strategy can really feel like a torturous crawl. Nonetheless, right here on Backyard Photograph of the Day, the lengthy ultimate stretch of winter can nonetheless be crammed with pleasure and intrigue. There’s all the time curiosity to be discovered, whether or not we’re reminiscing on previous coloration, highlighting the great thing about quiet winter landscapes, or getting a style of lusher gardens from hotter climates. As we speak, we’ve got the latter, with Anne Eshelman displaying off the colour and life that may be present in her backyard in Ponte Vedra Seaside, Florida. With simply two years in Florida after relocating from Michigan, Anne has discovered lots about gardening on this new local weather and is having fun with the fruits of this studying course of.
Good morning!
I really like Nice Gardening and have subscribed to print and digital for a few years. This time of yr there are winter photographs and retrospectives. So I needed to ship in some photos of what’s rising now in northeast Florida.
After greater than 30 years of gardening in suburban Michigan in zone 6a, we relocated to Ponte Vedra Seaside in coastal Jacksonville which is zone 9b. I miss my lush peonies, lilacs, daylilies, irises and lilies of the valley (Convallaria majalis, Zones 3–7). And I’ve had lots to study previously 2 years right here.
However right here’s what’s blooming in my backyard in January! Some got here with the home and had been planted 20 years in the past, so I don’t have particulars. These embody purple Princess flower (Tibouchina urvilleana, Zones 9–11), white camellias, and plenty of azaleas.
Those I planted embody pink camellia (Camellia japonica ‘Early Autumn’, Zones 7–9) (a lavender rose, formal double) blue plumbago (Plumbago auriculata, Zones 9–11), roses (True Bloom® True Sincerity panorama rose [Rosa ‘True Sincerity’, Zones 5–10] and Chrysler Imperial everblooming hybrid tea rose [R. ‘Chrysler Imperial’, Zones 6–10]) and blue salvia.
I included butterfly photos on lantana I planted although they’ve left city. We had monarchs for about 6 months, till after thanksgiving! It was enjoyable for my grandchildren to see the actual “Very Hungry Caterpillar”!
I’m desirous to see what’s going to develop this yr and if I can entice extra species of butterflies!
First, an in depth up of the fantastic pink camellias that Anne planted. From her description of “lavender rose, formal double blooms”, I’m guessing that is the variability Early Marvel® (C. japonica ‘Early Autumn’, Zones 7–9). If I’m right, these stunning blooms have been showing in Anne’s backyard since fall, a uncommon prevalence for Japanese camellias.
Subsequent up is a plant that Anna inherited together with her new house, the tropical Princess flower (Tibouchina urvilleana, Zones 9–11). Northern gardeners might need loved this plant as an annual, or overwinter a potted specimen as a houseplant (it’s significantly beautiful skilled and pruned right into a tree type). However in hotter places it may be grown as a shrub the place the evergreen foliage gives curiosity year-round.
Lastly, the photographs Anne talked about of a Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) butterfly visiting her lantana plant. Gulf fritillary are additionally referred to as the ‘Ardour butterfly’ as a result of the passionflower is an important host plant for the species. Nonetheless, it seems to be like Anne’s vivid yellow lantana has caught its consideration—that means it might be a gold lantana (Lantana depressa, Zones 9–11), which is native to Florida and far beloved by butterflies and different pollinators.
One other have a look at that stunning butterfly having fun with the Florida sunshine and the bounty Anne has supplied. A milkweed could be awaiting them within the background as effectively!
Thanks a lot for this style of coloration and heat out of your backyard, Anne! As I have a look at a climate forecast heavy with snow this week in Connecticut, it’s such a deal with to see what’s rising on the other finish of the east coast, and it’s a beautiful reminder of the colour that awaits us within the months to come back.
Do you backyard in a heat or utterly frost-free local weather? Let’s commerce snow snaps for flower photographs! I’ll courageous the inclement climate to take some photographs of the quiet magnificence in a contemporary snowfall, and hope a few of you’ll take a stroll exterior and seize a number of the vegetation which are thriving proper now. Then we’ll all be capable of take pleasure in a style of the numerous fantastic sides of nature. Observe the instructions beneath to submit your photographs through electronic mail, or ship me a DM on Instagram: @agirlherdogandtheroad.
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