{"id":97248,"date":"2021-01-15T15:58:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T19:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=97248"},"modified":"2021-01-15T15:58:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T19:58:41","slug":"bloom-day-january-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=97248","title":{"rendered":"Bloom Day January 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I may miss these reports throughout the year, but no way I’m going to skip the inaugural Bloom Day<\/a> of 2021! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lachenalia aloides var. quadricolor from the Winter Wonder Bulbs<\/a> selection of “Huntington Bundles” came with a flower bud!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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blooms on Echeveria agavoides<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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my old standby winter-blooming Pelargonium echinatum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Acacia podalyrifolia has been engulfed in bloom for well over a month and still stops sidewalk foot traffic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Potted up in December, it’s been much easier to keep calendula happy in winter than cosmos in summer, as in no trouble at all. Pure joy. I need to make this a winter habit. Nice long cuttable stems on ‘Touch of Red’ too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I heard\/read a rumor that Helichrysum bracteatum wouldn’t mind growing through a zone 10 winter, and that has indeed been borne out as I watched these strawflowers make size instead of hunkering down and waiting for spring. Unsure whether this would be true in a rainier winter — we’ve been very dry so far. (aka Xerochrysum bracteatum)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fuchsia ‘Firecracker’ is stirring into bloom with the cooler winter temps (as is an abutilon I neglected to photograph)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The plan to termite-tent the house was shelved, so the vine clambering up the side of the office\/garage, Senecio confusus, got a reprieve. I’m pretty sure the roots have escaped the pot and infiltrated through the dry-laid brick. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Aloe ‘Tangerine’ still tightly in bud as are other aloes not included this Bloom Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Also still tightly in bud is the over 10-foot tall flower spike on Agave pygmaea ‘Dragon Toes’ — uncertain whether flowers will be open in February or whether this very unpygmy-like spike soars even further skyward…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you’re looking for something to stream to get through this next week, I just finished and can recommend Pretend It’s A City<\/em> — possibly because I’m a native, suburb-bred Angelino, I’ve always been a big city girl in spirit, which is why I found Martin Scorsese’s conversations with Fran Lebovitz so enjoyable as they rambled around New York. No one does contrarian\/curmudgeon like Fran, our modern-day Oscar Wilde in jeans. And who knew anyone could talk faster than Scorsese?! Hoping you have a fabulous weekend…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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