WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN JANUARY 2019

[zigs]

December thread here

 

[Logan]

Just a few hellebores

A bit blurry couldn't keep still while stooping down to take them.

 

[Becky]

Foggy day today

 

[zigs]

 

[vette-kid]

 

[zigs]

Spring is on its way

 

[zigs]

 

[longk]

This apricot coloured Lewisia is full of blooms despite the cold weather.............

 

[Tetters]

Well hello @longk. So good to see you here ....we`ll have to have a party now roll out the barrel....

 

[Verdun]

Hiya again folks
What's looking good in Jan 2019? Well, it is my compost mulch
I have sourced very cheap, steaming, black, rich compost and have been mulching thickly with it over the past two days and the borders look so much better for it.

 

[zigs]

Welcome back Verdun

 

[Tetters]

Hiya again folks
What's looking good in Jan 2019? Well, it is my compost mulch
I have sourced very cheap, steaming, black, rich compost and have been mulching thickly with it over the past two days and the borders look so much better for it.

Oh dear Verdun, I`m all behind with my mulching this winter - so much else going on Maybe if you post a photo or two of your lovely neat borders, it will give me sufficient incentive to get back to a bit of graft

 

[longk]

Also in bloom here is Justicia rizzinii..................

Not the easiest to grow outdoors in the UK but if it's in a pot you can at least move it if it is going to get arctic. Give it a couple of weeks and it will look fantastic..............

 

[Tetters]

@longk .. that flower reminds me of Abutilon kentish belle, but I can`t believe it`s actually flowering outside here in January... where do you manage to find all these miraculous plants ?

 

[Logan]

Hi @Verdun nice to see you back.

 

[longk]

but I can`t believe it`s actually flowering outside here in January... where do you manage to find all these miraculous plants ?

Grown in a pot against the house where it is a few degrees warmer. That way if it does get really cold it can be moved undercover.
Cost me £1.50 a couple of years ago in the bargain bin at a local GC - in the houseplant section!!!

 

[Tetters]

Next time you go shopping for bargains @longk can we come too .......

 

[Becky]

Your Justicia Rizzinii is looking beautiful @longk! Welcome to the forum And welcome back @Verdun!

 

[longk]

Currently in bloom in the unheated greenhouse is Salvia coerulea...............

 

[Daren]

like the salvia longk I've seen seen a few flowers braking out in the last few days today I see crocus flowers opening on a lawn plus winter aconites and snowdrops and theses .......... to add a few