{"id":62384,"date":"2015-01-16T23:31:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T03:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=62384"},"modified":"2017-09-12T13:45:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T17:45:45","slug":"bloom-day-january-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=62384","title":{"rendered":"Bloom Day January 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It wouldn’t do to start the new year off skipping the first Bloom Day, which is technically the 15th of every month, but our host Carol (May Dreams Gardens<\/a>) doesn’t seem to mind slackers.<\/p>\n

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Helleborus argutifolius, the last plant remaining, sown into the bricks against the back wall. I pulled the others in the garden to make room for new stuff. That’s me, the savage gardener. It reseeds like crazy, so there’s no danger in losing it entirely.<\/p>\n

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Subtle, jewelry-like flower buds from a climbing kalanchoe that was a gift. <\/p>\n

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The flowers’ little bells are the exact same slatey-grey color as the buds. I think it’s Kalanchoe beauverdii<\/a><\/p>\n

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Aloe capitata a couple days ago. The bloom was just about finished today<\/p>\n

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Bocconia frutescens, the Tree Poppy, keeps sending out flowers<\/p>\n

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Bloom truss from Bocconia frutescens<\/p>\n

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I just planted these osteospermum last week, a variety called ‘Zion Orange’ (the name was inspired by the colors of Zion National Park)<\/p>\n

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Phlomis lanata is getting woolly with new growth, at the same time sending out occasional flowers<\/p>\n

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Lavandula multifida is rarely without flowers<\/p>\n

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Euphorbia milii appreciated the recent rain. Planted in September 2014<\/p>\n

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Grevillea ‘Robyn Gordon’ just planted in December<\/p>\n

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Mangave bloom spike, technically no flowers yet<\/p>\n

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I’ll close it out with Kalanchoe beauverdii again, threading its way along the pipe rack\/junk collector. The hanging pot was a Christmas present, temporarily filled with Pachypodium namaquanum, the “Halfmens<\/strong><\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Lastly, we had the great pleasure of a visit in December by Andrew and Loree, who blogs at Danger Garden. Loree wrote a wonderfully kind account of her visit here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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