November 2020 #GardenBloggersBloomDay

Today is the 15th of the month.  It's time for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day where I live in zone 5b Southern Tier of New York State.

Our unseasonably warm weather is a memory now.  More seasonable weather has taken over, but we still are having some time with the sun, which is normally also a memory by now.

So, what's blooming?

Let's go outdoors first.  We've had a frost, but not a hard freeze, and the frost was borderline, so some plants are still blooming.

My first one is a mystery plant.  We bought it last year, I think at a clearance, and the tag disappeared over the winter.  It is only now starting to bloom.  It's short, maybe less than a foot high.  Does anyone have an idea what this may be?

This begonia got buried in leaves and survived.

A couple of petunias are hanging on. 

I don't know how, but our pineapple sage survived the frost without any damage.

Another survivor was heuchera. The leaves belong to brunneria, which is trying to take over our back yard.

Calibrachoa in hanging baskets, which we took inside in inclement weather.

Bacopa, also in a hanging basket.

Mums.  Very little is left.

Let's transition to the indoors.  This airplane plant was started from a baby in mid summer and I kept it outdoors.  It has done tremendously well and is flowering. I had it out briefly for some sun.

Thanksgiving cactus starting to bloom.

Only one African violet blooming right now.

A pleasant surprise.  We had purchased a small pot of Vietnamese coriander (also called Vietnamese mint) at a gardening center closeout and it did really well for us in a large pot.  But it isn't hardy. We are going to try to take cuttings and guess what I just saw - our potted plant is now blooming.

And with that, my thanks go out once again to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting Garden Bloggers Bloom Day.  Why not visit her and see what gardeners all over the world are posting?

See you next month!