{"id":26578,"date":"2012-02-15T19:41:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T23:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=26578"},"modified":"2012-02-15T19:41:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T23:41:06","slug":"bloom-day-february-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=26578","title":{"rendered":"Bloom Day February 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

February is a very exciting month. So much to take note of, I rarely make it through a hot cup of coffee on a February morning. The anigozanthos is growing in leaps, now almost chin-high. This is ‘Yellow Gem.’<\/p>\n

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Tulips started to bloom over the past couple days. But tulips don’t impress Evie; birds impress Evie. <\/p>\n

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Love having the pots of tulips sited next to Sedum nussbaumerianum, now blooming too, with pearly white broccoli florets.<\/p>\n

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The six-pack of linaria was a solid winter investment. Ditto Pelargonium echinatum for intense pink.
\nNot as much of a craving for pink in summer as in winter, though.<\/p>\n

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Red-flower Russelia equisetiformis continues in bloom, though a yellow variety took the winter off.<\/p>\n

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Lots of other odds and ends in bloom, including aeoniums, euphorbias, salvias, S. macrophylla, chiapensis, karwinskii, wagneriana. This silvery-leaved Lotus jacobaeus from Annie’s Annuals & Perennials continues to impress. Its cascading habit would be seen to great advantage draped over a retaining wall. Here it leans on an aeonium.<\/p>\n

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For spring bulbs, snowdrops and crocuses, camellias, and who knows what else this warmish winter, check Bloom Day’s host site, Carol’s blog May Dreams Gardens<\/a>, for a peek at what February brings to gardens all over the world. The new hardiness map<\/a> should make this Bloom Day interesting, as more gardens are carved off into alphabetical subgroups. Over and out from zone 10b.<\/p>\n

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