Still got flowers!

Well here we are nearly at Christmas (bah humbug) and I still have some plants flowering in my garden that began blooming in early to summer. Good ol Geranium Rozanne and a tall form of blue/purple campanula and some purple penstemons too. Strangest of all is a mid summer flowering clematis that is usually quite short lived and stopped flowering by August end.. Everything is usually well asleep by now. Im delighted of course but just another crazy thing to be going on this year. My neighbour still has a wonderful display of gorgeous yellow roses.

 

We do too @ThePlantAssassin ! We have Laverta, Rudbeckias, Straw Flowers ( forgot their proper name) Roses and Christmas Rose Hellibores and annual Salvia.....and Daffodils pushing up!

 

All of the summer bedding is still flowering but I'd be lying if I said that was unusual here. It actually happens most years to be honest but we do live on a mild coastal area.

If I had to say what I find surprising though I'd say Brugmansia, Physalis and Lantana still in flower is rather unusual.

 

It gives me a little lift and goodness knows we could all use that right now.
I live on the South Coast where things do last a bit later but this really is exceptionally unusual. We've had 4 or 5 light frosts too but they didn't kill anything. In my fairyland I'd like to think nature is trying to be kind to me.

 

And why not

 

Me too. I still have beautiful yellow Snapdragons in the borders putting on a good show and lots of Geranium.

 

Also lots of wildflowers still around, must look down next time I take a camera out, rather than up for birds.

But there must have been some funny weather a short while ago as some of the local Horse Chestnuts had their sticky buds (due to open next spring) burst open and flower spikes appear, which were promptly frosted.