Christmas List 2020

Christmas Day came this year with colder than normal temperatures but clear skies. Although I had been warned that the day would be cold, I wasn’t really prepared for the problems that accompanied me on my search for open flowers for my Christmas list.  I couldn’t “write” on my iPhone with gloves on, so I had to reach below three layers of warm clothing to get to my phone which was in a deep, inside pocket to prevent the battery from running down.  This was a minor obstruction and didn’t dampen the joy I felt as I wandered throughout the garden.  Although our very wet soil and above normal temperatures during much of this winter brought forth flowers on many unexpected plants, it also prevented flowers on many of the anticipated ones.  As usual I came inside in order to warm up before visiting each area and by the end of the afternoon I knew that the garden was alive and flourishing during this sad time throughout the world.  Happy New Year.

Berries or Fruit

Berberis thunbergii

Danae racemosa

Hedera helix ‘Poetica Arborea’

Helleborus argutifolius

Ilex x attenuata (“Savannah holly”)

Ilex cornuta

Ilex decidua ‘Pocahontas’, ‘Finch’s Yellow’, seedlings

Ilex opaca

Ilex opaca “Carolina Cardinal”

Ilex vomitoria

Liriope muscari, black berries

Mahonia rhynchospora colorata

Nandina domestica, yellow and red berried forms

Poncirus trifoliata ‘Flying Dragon’

Rohdea japonica

Ruscus aculeatus

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Flowers

Camellias, mostly unidentified C. japonica

Chaenomeles ‘Crimson and Gold’, ‘Chojubai’

Chimonanthus praecox

Chrysanthemum ‘Golden Lida Thomas’

Chrysogonum virginianum

Corydalis cheilanthifolia

Crocus laevigatus

Crocus sieberi

Cyclamen cilicium

Cyclamen coum

Cyclamen ex C. x drydenii

Cyclamen hederifolium 

Danae racemosa

Enemion biternatum

Erica carnea, pink, white

Euphorbia x martini

Galanthus elwesii

Galanthus elwesii “Sandra Lutz”

Galanthus elwesii var. monostictus

Galanthus plicatus ‘Three Ships’

Gentiana saponaria

Helleborus argutifolius

Helleborus x ballardiae

Helleborus cyclophyllus

Helleborus foetidus

Helleborus x hybridus

Helleborus multifidus ssp. hercegovinus

Helleborus niger

Helleborus niger x argutifolius (H. x nigercors)

Helleborus orientalis

Helleborus x sternii

Iris unguicularis

Jasminum nudiflorum

Knautia arvensis

Lonicera fragrantissima

Loropetalum chinensis

Mahonia unnamed seedling

Mahonia x media ‘Charity’

Mahonia x media ‘Lionel Fortescue’

Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’

Narcissus, several different, early trumpet types

Narcissus ‘Rijnveld’s Early Sensation’

Narcissus panizzianus

Narcissus romieuxii

Narcissus romieuxii ssp albidus

Phlox subulata

Primula vulgaris

Primula polyantha

Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis’

Ranunculus repens

Rudbeckia triloba

Spiraea thunbergii

Spiraea thunbergii ‘Ogon’

Verbena canadensis white, purple, pink

Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Summer Snowflake’

Viburnum tinus

Viola tricolor

Viola striata