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\nCarol at May Dreams Gardens<\/a> invites us to tell her what’s blooming in our gardens on the 15th of each month.\n<\/p>\n

February 15, 2008<\/h4>\n

\nJust after January’s GBBD, Austin got a hard freeze which wiped out all the late hangers-on that I had written about. So everything new for February is new for the year. Austin’s spring is slowly unfurling, and like a new bride is dressed in white: paperwhite narcissus, summer snowflakes, and the Mexican plum blossom. However, the overriding color in the garden in February is the spring green of all the little overwintering annuals and spring bulbs, putting down their roots and gathering strength for their big show next month.\n<\/p>\n

\"Narcissus
2008-02-15. Narcissus ‘Grand Primo’ blooming in the front, too. <\/i><\/p>\n

\nThe roses are about as dormant as they get any time of the year. None are blooming today and I had only two flowers since last GBBD, both on ‘Madame Alfred Carriere’. But all the roses are budding out. Unless we get a hard freeze, I think I’ll have roses before the next GBBD. The same is true of the Indian hawthorn, Rhaphiolepis indica<\/i>. It had a few early flowers, isn’t blooming today, but is full of buds.\n<\/p>\n

New for February<\/h4>\n

\"Leucojum
2008-02-15. One summer snowflake began blooming. I think it was dug up by a squirrel and replanted because it’s off by itself.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Paperwhite
2008-02-15. My only bought and named paperwhite, ‘Grandiflora’. The flowers are twice as large as the naturalized ones. (The tiny ones by the mailbox are still blooming, too.)<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Prunus
2008-02-15. The largest of the three Mexican plum trees is just starting to open its flowers.<\/i><\/p>\n

Still Blooming<\/h4>\n

\"Lantana
2008-02-15. The lantana is still blooming even though it’s leaves are frost-bitten.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Lupinus
2008-02-15. The amazing bluebonnet that began flowering on December 15, 2007 hasn’t quit yet. In fact, it’s just getting going. Quite a few other bluebonnets have buds now and will probably bloom within a week.<\/i><\/p>\n

The List for February<\/h4>\n