Thursday, February 9, 2012

Early Valentine

We were away from home for most of the summer during the worst of last year’s drought , and as a result, many of our flowers and shrubs almost died from lack of moisture. 

Once we did get home and began watering, our saucer magnolias produced out-of-season blooms in late August.

Since then, the year-long drought followed by a mild and moist winter has led to some  interesting phenomena:

azalea 2-08-12

This Azalea has been blooming since mid-January.

azalea 2 2-08-12

And as of today, it seems to have convinced its neighbor that spring is here.

pink azalea 2

One of our Camellias is blooming, too, but that’s almost normal; they usually start about the end of February.

camelia 2 2-08-12

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