December Garden Flowers

[mrs fish]

I thought I'd post the flowers still blooming in the garden now it is December






There is even some forsythia flowering




Anybody else got flowers still blooming?

[naturelover]

hi mrs fish i still have primulars in bloom,as for your last picture thats forsythia that dose tend to bloom now,ok it might be a bit early but mine look like that too,yellow jasmin flowers now as well,also that prickley shrub forgot the name,has tall shoots comming from the top bright yellow with leaves like holly and just as spiteful,well that looks beautiful now second year must be about four feet tall now.

[mrs fish]

I know what you mean by the large yellow holly type shrub, that looks lovely at the mo What is that called?

Forsythia doesn't usually bloom until feb

Two years ago I had an Iranian poppy bloom on mid-winters day
It is not quite so mild this year

[goosey]

My campanulas are still flowering well and have been since May. Apart from that there are a couple of Million bells flowers, but most of the other million bells went over a month or so back. Not in flower, but there is a wonderful smell coming from the helichrysum!

[pressld2]

Originally Posted by mrs fish

I know what you mean by the large yellow holly type shrub, that looks lovely at the mo What is that called?

Sounds like Mahonia.

Dave P.

[Jez]

I have got still flowering Perenial Cornflowers with haven't stopped since April

[mrs fish]

Originally Posted by pressld2

Sounds like Mahonia.

Dave P.

Yes thats it


BBC - Gardening - Plants - Plant Finder - Mahonia x media 'Charity'


It is nice seeing flowers in the garden now as it will make the winter seem shorter

[naturelover]

yes mahonia thats the one beautiful plant,mine must have ten spikes on it this year and its grown about a foot in a year.

[Jez]

Originally Posted by naturelover

yes mahonia thats the one beautiful plant,mine must have ten spikes on it this year and its grown about a foot in a year.

I agree & the bees just find the nectar so scrumdiddliumptuois

[aeshna5]

In my garden the following are flowering:

Mahonia (loved by bumble bees/Blue Tits)
Hebe "Midsummer Beauty" (ironic!)
Erysimum "Bowle's Mauve"
Cyclamen
Schizostylis coccinea
Polyanthus