December 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I discovered a pleasant surprise in the garden this morning ! 

Ranunculus calandrinoides with it's first flower !

[krisderaeymaeker]

I discovered a pleasant surprise in the garden this morning ! 
Ranunculus calandrinoides with it's first flower !

That's very early Luc...Even no buds here and mine stays in my glasshouse.
But it is stil a bonus and it's always a lovely plant to have in flower.

[ranunculus]

Leaves and no buds for me here in the UK, Kris ... Luc has very green fingers!!!

[krisderaeymaeker]

Leaves and no buds for me here in the UK, Kris ... Luc has very green fingers!!!

That's for sure Cliff .      And he lives in the mediteranean area from Belgium ... 

[ranunculus]

Agreed, Kris ... agreed.   Luc has a permanent suntan. 

[Tim Ingram]

Snowdrops don't have it all their own way in the winter - how about frost on the foliage of plants? Really very beautiful, especially on the fine textured fronds of ferns.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

That's for sure Cliff .      And he lives in the mediteranean area from Belgium ... 

Agreed, Kris ... agreed.   Luc has a permanent suntan. 

Some people need their geographic knowledge updated.... others their eyesight checked I guess... 

[Paddy Tobin]

Tim, it is also a time of peculiar light in the garden. Foggy frosty mornings.

[Maggi Young]

Paddy, while I'm pleased to see you are getting out in the garden, regardless of the weather, I have to say, you're not looking so good these days........ maybe a wee tonic needed? 

[ranunculus]

A little pallid perhaps (and a tad limp wristed), Maggi ... but all in all he's looking better than expected for a slightly pickled Irish person of a certain age!!!

[Paddy Tobin]

My defense is that I have been caught in a bad light. On brighter days and in better spirits I can appear perfectly passable. In the meantime, I think I may take Maggi's suggestion and treat  myself to a tonic.

[ruweiss]

Sorry, no white Christmas this year, but unusual high temperatures up to +14° C
in the last days. Sunshine was quite rare today, but we took the chance for a walk
around a small lake.

[freddyvl]

The Hamamelisseason has fully started because of the mild temperatures.

1. Ham. int. 'Moonlight': a 'evergreen' Ham. and therefore only a collector plant;
2. Ham. 'Rochester': first bloomer every year and the most fragant of all (especially this year due to the 'high' temperatures);
3. Ham. int. 'Advent': It's all in the name !

[zvone]

Hi!

December finishes, but he is warm and lonely Ranunculus is already bloomed on a Mountain Kozjak!




PICTURES: http://zvone.blogspot.si/

Best Regards!  zvone

[peter hood]

Throughout December, this cheery little flower has smiled at me from out of the greenhouse. It has lasted through frosty days and damp days without suffering at all. As we have got to the end of the month, I thought I would share its picture:
Townsendia parryi
I don't know if it is late flowering for 2012 or early flowering for 2013.