January Flowers

We can still enjoy some flowers around us! Even in the January freeze.
We are blessed to have a few white flowers inside this year to hold us over. And a new home to work on before spring plant begins! Here are a few views from around our new house...
Paperwhite narcissus (Narcissus papyraceus) from a lovely friend.
Orchid blooms to brighten our dining room...
Sweetly scented lime blossoms of 'Bearss Seedless', Persian lime (Citrus × latifolia).
We were happy to hang a few botanical prints of engravings we have from my grandmothers house. They are by H. Fletcher, Kensington 1730, and are a wonderful botanical education.
And a little peek out of our library window to our oak-filled neighborhood. The stakes you can see are the beginning of our knot garden, which will be sited just outside this window so it can be enjoyed during the winter months.
Julie @ Wife, Mother, Gardener
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  • Mary Smith Mary Smith on Feb 12, 2014
    Thanks for the pictured of hour beautiful flowers! i have a question for you, my children had a lemon tree at their house and brought it to me without leavesthey had dropped I watered it and it put on leaves and so many blooms and was getin g so pretty,than all of a sudden the leaves began to fall off and now the blossoms are falling off and looks pitiful again! Would you tell me how often you water your plant and does it require a lot of light? I,ve never had problems growing flowers but this one has me stumpped! Appreciate and information you could give me. Thanks!
  • Thanks Mary! Yes, citrus do require a lot of light, good drainage and minimal watering. The leaf drop was probably caused by over watering or by temperatures below 55. You might find this link about citrus in pots helpful: http://www.garden.org/ediblelandscaping/?page=201106-how-to
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