What's blooming in December? - Flower pictures

[Pam S.]

Hello rec.gardeners,

After lurking here for 2 years, I've finally found an occasion to post!!

I recently got myself a digital camera and have been shooting everything
in sight. My favorite subjects are flowers and I've put together an
album of flower pictures at http://members2.clubphoto.com/pam213172/
The "What's blooming in December?" album is a collection of flowers blooming
here in nothern CA this time of the year.

Click on the thumbnails to see the larger pictures. (most are 640x480,
the first three are unmodified, straight-out-of-the-camera, full size at
1280x960) Sorry I accidentally made the thumbnails so large.

I don't know the names of a lot of the flowers (none of them are mine)
and some I probably got wrong. I would really appreciate it if you
could email me or leave a note in the guest book...or post here if you
know what they are. (Either common or scientific name is fine; if you
know one, you can always look up the other.) More specific info would
be really nice, too. (i.e., is "poppy 1" Iceland poppy? Or is it
Shirley? How does one tell the difference?)

Disclaimer: I'm a total amateur in both gardening and photography. These
are pretty unspectacular pictures of (probably) mostly unspectacular
flowers. So don't expectt too much!!

Thanks,

pam

[Gandy Dancer]

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing - and you have no need to put in a
disclaimer! I'm sure some other folks will jump in here and help with the
IDs.

Gandy

Pam S. wrote in message <386A6766...@mail.com>...

[Genie]

Nice pictures.

Mallow: Hibiscus? I have purple red but sure it must come in blue. Is this
blooming now?
15 = Alstromeria Mine had its last flower a couple of weeks ago.

Genie
PNW

Gandy Dancer <Tran...@rr.com> wrote in message
news:84dqc0$on2$1...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net...

[Mike Schwing]

OH! You have no idea of the envy you stirred in me! To have hydrangea
blooming in December. My favorites! How lucky you are. I just noticed a
ceramic pot I forgot to bring in has exploded after it filled with water and
froze. I would have liked to get that on video. There are pieces at least 20
feet away.

I'll grab pictures of what's blooming in my state for you and put them up,
but I have to warn you, it's only Christmas cactus and Orchids. I have lots
of orchids in bloom, but everything is inside, of course. The only thing
that grows outside this time of year is the piles of snow. We don't have any
yet but they're on the way.

Envious in Maryland.

Mike

Pam S. <pt...@mail.com> wrote in message news:386A6766...@mail.com...

[Zhanataya]

On Wed, 29 Dec 1999 11:56:22 -0800, "Pam S."
<pt...@mail.com> wrote:

>Hello rec.gardeners,
>
>After lurking here for 2 years, I've finally found an occasion to post!!

Lurked for 2 YEARS. You have more self control than me.
You'd have to cut off my fingers to keep me quiet that long.
Welcome aboard. It's the rules you can't go back into lurk
mode once you've posted.

The pictures are lovely.
Zhan

[Hsiao-Chiu Chu]

The flower 03 should be a member of Melastomataceae. Judging from the flower, I
would say
it is in the genus of Melastoma, which has several species locally at Taiwan.
But the color is more to pink than purple. So, I would guess flower 03 is an
Melastoma,
maybe originated from Japan.

Hsiao-Chiu Chu from TAIWAN

"Pam S." wrote:

> Hello rec.gardeners,
>
> After lurking here for 2 years, I've finally found an occasion to post!!
>

[Wendy B G]

Welcome to rec.gardens!

This was an excellent thread, because 2 gardeners delurked at once!

I hope that you will tell us more about your garden.

Wendy
Wilmington, DE (Zone 7)

[Pam S.]

> Mallow: Hibiscus? I have purple red but sure it must come in blue. Is this
> blooming now?

It's smaller and has different leaves than the other hibiscus I've seen. (Not
that I know a lot about hibiscus either!) Also the flowers hang down facing
the ground. (Thus the sky as background) That picture was taken December 20
but I still see them around blooming. (The hibiscus also bloom year-round.)

> 15 = Alstromeria Mine had its last flower a couple of weeks ago.

Thanks. I've updated the page.

pam

[Pam S.]

Thank you so much everyone for the kind encouragement, warm welcome,
and flowers ID.

I suppose I'll try to follow up with the "What's blooming in January?"
album soon!

pam

[G.G.]

Those are great photos, and excellent for identification!

I'm posting this way late, but in case you're still reading this thread:

The photo you've labeled "Mallow?" (on Jan 26) is Lavatera
assurgentiflora, commonly called a Tree Mallow. It's in the Malvaceae
family. (I have a huge one in the yard that really needs its winter
pruning now that we're finally getting some rain!)

The Cistus is more specifically Cistus purpureus, common name Orchid Rockrose.

And you're right, that's an African Daisy; it also goes by the lovely
common name of Freeway Daisy, or botanical name Osteospermum fruticosum.

> > Hello rec.gardeners,
> >
> > After lurking here for 2 years, I've finally found an occasion to post!!
> >
> > I recently got myself a digital camera and have been shooting everything
> > in sight. My favorite subjects are flowers and I've put together an
> > album of flower pictures at http://members2.clubphoto.com/pam213172/
> > The "What's blooming in December?" album is a collection of flowers blooming
> > here in nothern CA this time of the year.
> >
> > Click on the thumbnails to see the larger pictures. (most are 640x480,
> > the first three are unmodified, straight-out-of-the-camera, full size at
> > 1280x960) Sorry I accidentally made the thumbnails so large.
> >
> > I don't know the names of a lot of the flowers (none of them are mine)
> > and some I probably got wrong. I would really appreciate it if you
> > could email me or leave a note in the guest book...or post here if you
> > know what they are. (Either common or scientific name is fine; if you
> > know one, you can always look up the other.) More specific info would
> > be really nice, too. (i.e., is "poppy 1" Iceland poppy? Or is it
> > Shirley? How does one tell the difference?)
> >
> > Disclaimer: I'm a total amateur in both gardening and photography. These
> > are pretty unspectacular pictures of (probably) mostly unspectacular
> > flowers. So don't expectt too much!!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > pam

> Pam S. wrote in message <386A6766...@mail.com>...

> >Hello rec.gardeners,
> >
> >After lurking here for 2 years, I've finally found an occasion to post!!
> >
> >I recently got myself a digital camera and have been shooting everything
> >in sight. My favorite subjects are flowers and I've put together an
> >album of flower pictures at http://members2.clubphoto.com/pam213172/
> >The "What's blooming in December?" album is a collection of flowers
> blooming
> >here in nothern CA this time of the year.
> >
> >Click on the thumbnails to see the larger pictures. (most are 640x480,
> >the first three are unmodified, straight-out-of-the-camera, full size at
> >1280x960) Sorry I accidentally made the thumbnails so large.
> >
> >I don't know the names of a lot of the flowers (none of them are mine)
> >and some I probably got wrong. I would really appreciate it if you
> >could email me or leave a note in the guest book...or post here if you
> >know what they are. (Either common or scientific name is fine; if you
> >know one, you can always look up the other.) More specific info would
> >be really nice, too. (i.e., is "poppy 1" Iceland poppy? Or is it
> >Shirley? How does one tell the difference?)
> >
> >Disclaimer: I'm a total amateur in both gardening and photography. These
> >are pretty unspectacular pictures of (probably) mostly unspectacular
> >flowers. So don't expectt too much!!
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >pam

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