GBBD List for January 2009

Here's the list of what is blooming at Circus~Cercis for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. (Some of these plants have only one or two flowers) Photos are at my main blog, The Transplantable Rose.

Antirrhinum majus/Yellow snapdragons

Bulbine frutescens 'Yellow'/ yellow bulbine

Cyclamen persicum/ florist’s cyclamen hybrids

Dianthus hybrids – a couple of open ‘Telsar’ flowers

Gelsemium sempervirens/ Carolina Jessamine

Hemerocallis fulva – Ditch daylily from Lori has a bud

Hippeastrum hybrid/ ‘Red Dragon’ amaryllis

Iris hybrid/ Fragrant peachy bearded Iris has a bud

Justicia spicigera/ Mexican Honeysuckle

Kalanchoe daigremontiana syn. Bryophyllum daigremontianum/ Mother of Thousands, Alligator Plant

Lantana unknown species/ Trailing white lantana

Lobularia maritime/ Sweet alyssum

Lonicera sempervirens/ coral honeysuckle

Loropetalum chinense/ Chinese Witch Hazel, Chinese Fringe Flower, Razzle-Dazzle

Narcissus tazetta?/ unlabelled paperwhite hybrids

Narcissus tazetta ‘Grand Primo/ small daffodil, highly recommended for Austin area by Scott Ogden

Osmanthus fragrans/Sweet olive

Oxalis crassipes 'Alba' (dotted around and in containers)/Ornamental oxalis

Pelargonium hybrids– a couple of flowers on the bedding geraniums, red, white & coral

Phlox sublata/Creeping phlox in lavender blue

Poliomintha longiflora/ Mexican oregano

Primula hybrids/ AKA “Grocery Store Primroses”

Punica granatum 'Nana'/ dwarf pomegranate

Rosa ‘Champagne’ / delicate pink mini rose

Rosa, unknown variety/ pink climber

Rosmarinus officinalis and Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus'/ upright and prostrate Rosemary plants

Salvia elegans/Pineapple sage – a few flowers

Viola spp– various hybrids of Pansies and violas in containers and hanging baskets

Ro-Ho Gardener Ad from 1932

When I ran across this ad in a magazine from April 1932, and two garden bloggers immediately came to mind. Both Carol of May Dreams Gardens in Indiana and Entangled in Virginia own vintage Ro-Ho Gardeners and have talked about them on their blogs. The ad should enlarge if clicked.