After a long siege of minimal moisture in the garden, we had an inch and a half of rain last night. The ground is delightfully soggy now…at least for a few days. With the wind and rain denuding the trees of the last vestiges of leaves, I was pleased to find a few undoubtedly familiar lovelies still about to share in a vase this early December Monday.
In the Kenzan flower arranger are ‘Clarence’ bearded iris and a single ‘Our Linda’ Camellia sasanqua. The second vase contains camellias ‘Our Linda’ and ‘Debutante’ Camellia japonica. The miniature third vase is just large enough to hold a few of our winter purple pansies.
The wonderful idea of sharing flowers from our garden each Monday comes from Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Please visit her to see what she and others are sharing this week.
A Walk in the Garden 
How lovely to have such flowers in December. I’m going to buy more camellias as I do love flowers in winter. Thanks for sharing. Karen
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They are wonderful plants to have over the winter. Between the sasanquas and the japonicas (there are of course others), we can have flowers in bloom all through winter and early spring in this environment.
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I’m moving to your place 🙂
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I took that beautiful ruffled Camellia for a carnation at first – it’s wonderful, as are the Iris blooms.
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You are kind to say so, Kris. Thanks. I enjoy your blog so much.
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Beautiful and an unexpected array of flowers for December!
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Thank you. We continue to welcome these late bloomers. We really haven’t had that killing frost yet.
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Aha! German Iris this time of year should be treasured and I think you have done just that.
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Those foreshortened irises look really attractive and are such a delicate colour – it’s hard to believe it’s winter seeing your trio of vases today John! Thanks for sharing
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Trust me, Cathy. It is winter. Thank you.
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So pretty and light! I must look into adding more winter blooming varieties to my gardens.
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It’s hard to get winter blooms here from perennials/shrubs other than camellias. Mahonias bloom early in Jan/Feb and can be quite pretty (see the photo at the top of the blog)
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That’s a lovely way to arrange the irises. Beautiful pastels in December!
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I do love the pastels in any season. Thanks, Cathy.
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I love those flower arrangement. They are so pretty to look at.
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You are so kind, Arlene. Thank you.
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beautiful arrangement
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Thank you.
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You have displayed the Iris beautifully; I should look for more repeat flowering Irises; even just a few blooms at this time of year bring such pleasure. The whole arrangement is very welcoming.
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I appreciate your comments, Christina. You are so right about having even a few iris blooming now.
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such a beautiful and ordered display, well done
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Thank you, Annette. My choices now are limited, so it’s great to have these still available.
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Perfectly presented, fresh blooms, rich colors. Just lovely. A freeze caught my irises 2 or 3 weeks ago. It’s wonderful yours are still going strong.
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Mine seem to be hanging on, but my vases this week are filled with just about all that is left.
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What beautiful flowers and I love the way you have displayed them.
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Many thanks for your nice comment.
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I need to live somewhere where I can grow such lovely things in December. Very nice!
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Well, the frost hit last night and I guess we now live like everyone north of us. This too shall pass…I hope.
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Ouch…sorry. 😦
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Iris in December? Here in Michigan they bloom in the spring? Do they bloom there in the spring and then again in December?? My mom loved camellias too…we have some out at the lake in AL, they were beginning to bloom when we were there at Thanksgiving. Love them too.
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Dawn. These are reblooming iris which are available now. They bloom in spring like all bearded iris and then put out new growth and bloom again, sometimes in summer or fall and into winter, depending on when freezing temps are about.
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