December Flora

[SP1986]

A selection of photo showing winter flora (not all winter flora, there's a few summer flowers still out of course). (Taken today 12/12/2011)

This shows an abnormal amount of flowering, of things that shouldn't really be flowering (apart from one or two things)

[Sprites]

That's an impressive display of flowers for December!

i noticed a week ago that Cosmos,Hollyhocks,Red campions and roses were still flowering, i also saw nasturtions, and a blue clematis with four flowers!.

[SP1986]

Yep it is the most colour since December 2006.

These things (and yours) will carry on flowering until we get a proper frost, which should be some time this week!

[Rustynailer]

There is Meadowsweet in flower on one of the slightly boggy paths near Tennyson Down, it is fragrent just like High Summer. That is a first for me I have seen plenty of regular plants like primrose hawthorn and Ivy in flower slightly, just like the late 1990s around here, we even had a dry Autmn in 98 I think. Plants did the same tricks then, but nothing like Meadowsweet :smilz38:

Edited December 13, 2011 by Rustynailer

[Sprites]

Maybe the meadowsweet was cut in august, and then had a second round of flowering during the warm october, i love the almonde smell that the flowers give off, the leaves smell like TCP when crushed, it is said to have anti-septic qualities.