December 24, 2017
Winter Garden Blossoms
While the vast majority of my garden is dormant in December, there are still some gorgeous standouts that withstand frosty weather. Some, like Alyssum, Calendula, Dianthus, Lavender, Rudbeckia, Snapdragons, Woolly Blue Curls and Yarrow, actually bloom all year long.
Here’s what’s blooming in my December garden:
- Abutilon
- Alyssum
- Anemone
- Bacopa
- Black Sage – Salvia mellifera
- Calendula
- Cyclamen
- Daisy ‘Snowland’ – Leucanthemum paludosum
- Dianthus
- English Daisy – Bellis perennis
- Flax
- Galanthus – Snowbell
- Gazania
- Iceland Poppy – Papaver nudicaule
- Lavender – Lavandula multifida
- Nasturtium
- Nigella
- Ornamental Cabbage – Brassica oleracea
- Ornamental Kale
- Osteospermum
- Pandorea jasminoides
- Pansy – Viola t. var. hortensis
- Paperwhite
- Primula
- Rose ‘Iceberg’ – Rosa
- Rudbeckia
- Salvia coccinea
- Scabiosa
- Scarlet Bugler – Penstemon centranthifolius
- Snapdragon – Antirrhinum majus L.
- Stocks – Matthiola incana
- Woolly Blue Curls – Trichostema lanatum
- Yarrow – Achillea millefolium
How often do your wooly blue curls get irrigated? Mine seems to have died but I hope it’s just dormant?
My woolly blue curls recently died. I think it was getting too much summer water. I plan to get a new one and put it an elevation that gets no summer water after it is established.