Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we’ve suddenly been plunged into winter. If someone came here from another planet, they would probably be quite confused because just a few days ago, it was almost summer-like.
But for those of us who’ve been here for a while, well…
This is probably one of the plants I bought several years ago at a local grocery store during the Christmas season, when we can sometimes find them in the floral department in full bloom. I kept it alive inside long enough to plant it out the following spring.
That lovely Christmas Rose and this lovely Thanksgiving/Christmas cactus blooming inside round out the true blooms for me on this bloom day.
But would you like to see what might have been if we hadn’t had snow on Saturday, cold on Sunday, and an even colder morning on Monday when I took pictures for this post.
Alrighty.
Here they are…
The Japanese anemone, Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’, has been blooming for awhile now.
These white fall-blooming crocus were looking lovely just a few days ago. Check out my Instagram feed to see!
These newly planted fall-blooming crocuses were also quite lovely. I expect them to return each year, bigger and better!
This flowering quince, Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Double Take Orange’ pushed out this one bloom for me this fall. I was tempted to clip it and bring it inside, but clearly, I didn’t.
It isn’t truly fall until you see a rose covered in hoarfrost on a bright cheery morning when it is 25ºF outside.
And the pansies. These have been through it all in the last few days, but as the sun hits them, they’ll perk up, don’t we all?
And that’s my garden on Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day for November 2022. What’s blooming in your garden as we reach the middle of November? We’d love to see, so please join in! Post on your blog about what’s blooming in your garden, then leave a link and a comment here so we can go check it out. Don’t have a blog? Post on Instagram and show us there!
We can have flowers nearly every month of the year. – Elizabeth Lawrence
