Since Bob Faden suggested we renew the tradition of reporting what is in bloom on New Year's Day, I am beginning with him.
Plants flowering in Faden gardens (home garden + YMCA + Simpson
Park) Alexndria, VA, on 1st January 2021.
Camellia
japonica ‘Spring Promise’
Camellia
‘Snow Flurry’
Camellia
“Winter’s Beauty’ [cultivar questionable, but plant received under this name]
Camellia
‘Winter’s Star’
Erica
x darleyensis ‘Furzey
Erica
x darleyensis “Mediterranean Pink’
Fatsia
japonica*
Galanthus
elwesii var. monostichtus
Galanthus
elwesii var. elwesii
Helleborus
niger ‘HGC Jacob’
Helleborus
hybrid [large purple buds and flowers: label lost]*
Jasminum
nudiflorum
Mahonia
bealei
Mahonia
japonica
Mahonia
x media ‘Marvel’
Mahonia
x media ‘Winter Sun’
Narcissus
‘Rijnveld’s Early Sensation’
Sarcococca
orientalis
*First
time on list.
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| Camellia 'Winter's Beauty' |
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Helleborus niger 'HGC Jacob'
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| Unnamed Hellebore |
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| Fatsia japonica |
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| N. 'Rijnveld's Sensation' |
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| Mahonia x 'Winter's Sun' |
From Mike Cassidy's garden, also in Alexandria, VA:
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| Fatsia japonica |
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| Snowdrops and Palm (Sabal minor?) |
From Jane Collins' garden in Arlington, VA:
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| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
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| Dryopteris sieboldii |
From Nancy Blois' garden at the north edge of Baltimore city, MD:
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| Edgeworthia |
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| Lonicera 'Major Wheeler' |
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| L. 'Major Wheeler' |
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| Helleborus niger 'HGC Jacob' |
From Michael Young's Washington, DC, crevice garden:
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| Titanopsis calcerea about to pop |
From Jim Hughes garden in University Park, MD:
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| Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web' |
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| Abutilon |
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| Aloe |
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| Galanthus |
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| Helleborus |
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| Mahonia 'Winters Sun' |
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| Mammalaria plumosa |
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| Skimmia japonica |
Galanthus and H. x ericsmithii are blooming in Dick Hammerschlag's Highland, MD, garden as well as the Hellebore below.
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| Helloborus niger 'HGC Jacob' |
From the garden of John Willis in Frederick, MD:
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| Camellia sasanqua |
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| Erica x darleyensis 'Kramer's Rote' |
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| Galanthus elwesii |
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| Haemanthus deformis |
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| Helleborus niger 'HGC Jacob' |
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| Aubretia 'Blue Beauty' |
Blooming in Judy Zatsick's Fairfax Station, VA, garden:
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| Phlomis russeliana about to pop |
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| Danae racemosa |
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| Matrix True Blue Pansy |
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| Amaryllis 'Belladonna' |
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| Helleborus ' Pink Frost' |
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| Rosemary |
And, from my garden in Arlington, VA:
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| Cryptomeria japonica 'Tansu' |
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| Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Gold Finch' |
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| Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web' with Rohdea japonica |
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| Fatsia japonica |
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Coniogramme intermedia 'Yoroi Musha'
(naturally mutating fern; no two fronds are alike) |
Thanks to all who participated. Happy New Year!
