Category Archives: General Gardening

As I have been waiting for the Winter flowering apricots and witch hazel to bloom– we have had two snows!

While it is nice I rather enjoy that the snow usually melts in a day or two.

We did lose electricity for about six hours which requires us to go to the nearest drinking establishment!

So I will leave you with pictures of the garden and snow around Raleigh!

And Lily…

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The was a first light frost down to about 29f  last week but many Fall bloomers are still in bloom….

The basjoo banana have a little bit of frost damage on the upper leaves

And eastern red maples are very colorful

And more maples

And I traveled to the coast of North Carolina over Thanksgiving and enjoyed the warm weather … and the various palms ..

Cabbage palmettos

A California fan palm (Washingtonia)

The Atlantic Ocean

Instead of a traditional thanksgiving dinner we had an oyster roast!

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Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ (Witch Hazel)

Fortune’s Sweet Olive (Osmanthus x fortunei)

Basjoo banana (Musa basjoo)

Eastern Red Maple (Acer rubrum)

Salvia puberula ‘El Butano”. 

And Camellia sasanqua – unknown cultivar

Of course- Buttefly Ginger : Hedychium coronarium

It’s not over! The Prunus mume will be next!