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

Feb 15, 2011<\/h3>\n

\nValentine’s Day always marks the beginning of spring in Austin for me. The shocking pink of the redbuds seems appropriate to the holiday. Although it is in the 70s today, the previous two weeks Austin has experienced what is shockingly cold weather for us; two separate fronts brought night after night of temperatures in the low 20s. Very little has survived in my garden and cold damage reveals itself daily. So there are no redbuds for Valentine’s Day, no Mexican plums, no roses, or irises. Some early greens (henbit and chickweed) have survived as always but even they seem subdued.\n<\/p>\n

\nPractically the only flowers in my garden are three ‘Ice Follies” daffodils. They started to shoot up before the freezes, froze solid in the bud, and opened on dwarfed stems.\n<\/p>\n

\n The only other new flower in my garden this month is the winter honeysuckle. I didn’t notice when it started to flower in the rush of activity that accompanied my having the house painted. Then the first big freeze was upon us and as I was running around with a flashlight covering plants, I saw that it had burst into bloom. I was disappointed that it was going to freeze before I even got a chance to sniff at it. The freezes didn’t seem to bother it much.\n<\/p>\n

\"winter2011-02-15. Lonicera fragrantissima (winter honeysuckle).<\/i><\/p>\n

Between GBBDs<\/h4>\n

\nAn early oversummering bluebonnet was flowering before the freeze. It’s not the earliest I’ve ever had bluebonnets flower but it was out of season. The flower froze but the plant is fine, as are all the bluebonnet plants whether large or just sprouting. Some false dayflowers had also opened in response to much needed rainfall in January before the freezes.\n<\/p>\n

Feb 15, 2011<\/h3>\n

Complete List for February<\/h4>\n

\nThe list of all plants flowering today, February 15th 2011, at Zanthan Gardens. The most meager February list ever! Compare February 2009<\/a> or February 2008<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n