Garden Bloggers Bloom Day-December 2019

Winter has come to the Southern Tier of New York, and my zone 5b garden has nothing to show outside.   The pansies, still alive, have no flowers.  My early blooming Christmas Rose has no buds yet (that will come in January, when they play games with the snow - some years they bloom and other years the winter cold gets them.)

But inside, things are blooming.  Welcome to my house this 15th of December, the last Garden Bloggers Bloom Day of 2019. 

Another African Violet

Another African violet.

Finally, my specialty African violet from Lyndon Lyon greenhouses.  A local nursery gets these beauties in twice a year.   The leaves are variegated and an unusual shape.  These are not grown for their flowers.

Red and white speckled poinsettia (the actual blooms are in the center of the picture - the red and white bracts are just lovely, specialized leaves.

 A white Phalaenopsis, which I bought at Home Depot on Black Friday.  I couldn't resist the flowers and the price ($5), and figured, if it lasted a couple of weeks, it would be work it as a bouquet for my table.

Pink Thanksgiving cactus.  My Thanksgiving cactus, and my one Christmas cactus, aren't having a banner year the way they did last year.

But I did find blooms on one of the red cactii.

White poinsettia.

Red Poinsettia, 99 cents at Home Depot for Black Friday.

Finally, for some reason, I can't get a sharp picture of this, a variegated geranium I brought in for the winter.

I bought an amaryllis bulb Black Friday (nothing fancy) and need to get that going.  Other than that, I will wait for those first days of spring.  I don't force Ziva paperwhites because I can't stand the smell - I'm one of those unfortunates for whom paperwhites smell like a garbage dump.  I can't seem to find any other locally, and I don't feel like mail ordering.

I hope this floral beauty has brought a smile to your face this Sunday.

Thank you once again to Carol at May Dreams Gardens, for hosting this 15th of the month meme.  See you next month!