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Welcome! As "Annie in Austin" I blog about gardening in Austin, TX with occasional looks back at our former gardens in Illinois. My husband Philo & I also make videos - some use garden images as background for my original songs, some capture Austin events & sometimes we share videos of birds in our garden. Come talk about gardens, movies, music, genealogy and Austin at the Transplantable Rose and listen to my original songs on YouTube. For an overview read Three Gardens, Twenty Years. Unless noted, these words and photos are my copyrighted work.
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Saturday, May 12, 2018

January-February 2018 Garden Scrapbook


The indoor plants showed color in January – the garden was green and brown.

I’m glad I took this photo of the violas on the windowsill. That green bowl planter was a favorite and it’s gone now. After it went out in spring, some critter (cat? squirrel? raccoon?)  pushed it off the table to shatter on the concrete patio.



Can we still call it a Christmas cactus if it blooms in mid-January?


By the end of the month the self-seeded bluebonnets were growing. This one spouted in the joint of a wooden step where it would be both noticed and trod upon


We had some very cold days in January – down to 15°F early one morning. The Meyer’s Improved Lemon was not improved by this freeze. Looks like another year without lemons.


But a hardy little self-seeded violet bloomed at the end of the month.


A few days later the February camellia gave a preview of coming glory.


By mid-February the Loropetalum frills were out.


By the end of February what was left of the Carolina Jessamine showed buds. Poor thing was once gorgeous, but its corner of the garden is now too shady.


Also by the end of February the earliest camellia flower were falling apart while new buds kept opening.


The Spring show is just a few weeks ahead!

This post “January-February 2018 Garden Scrapbook” was written by Annie in Austin for her Transplantable Rose blog.

4 comments:

  1. So good to see what is going on in your world Annie. The Austin Fling must have stirred up some of those blogging urges. Beautiful Christmas Cactus.

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    1. Hi Lisa! I couldn't keep up with the Flingers back in 2008 so didn't try in 2018! Sounds as if they had a great time.
      I kind of like this scrapbook idea...we'll see how it goes. I'm impressed with your steadfast posts.
      Annie

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  2. Seeing some of your houseplants reminds me that I still have the Stepalia (sp) you gave me back in 2008. It's bloomed a few times, too!

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    1. Good for you! My plants are alive but no flowers this year.

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