Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for December 2025.
Here in my USDA Hardiness zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are cold and snow-covered, so the only picture I have of the garden was taken from inside looking out.
The outside temperature on Sunday morning was around -4ºF, and today, which is actually the 15th, it was 1ºF when I looked at the thermometer.
I’m grateful we have some snow cover with those low temps! But those low temps mean that it isn’t worth looking for blooms outdoors.
Yes, the Christmas roses, Helleborus niger, probably still have their waxy white blooms under that snow, but it’s too cold to go out there and uncover them to see.
Inside, most of the blooms are from the Crown of Thorns plant, Euphorbia milii, which is always flowering.
If you have one of these plants, you’ll never be without flowers!
I also have a Thanksgiving cactus that is finishing up with its big flush of blooms, and a true Christmas cactus that hasn’t produced any flower buds yet.
All the waxed amaryllis bulbs I bought this fall are budded up nicely. I hope to have blooms in a few weeks for Christmas!
Also, I’ve been watching the bloom stalk on my moth orchid. I think it is going to be blooming before the end of the year as well.
Out in the garage, the pelargoniums are holding their own, as I noted on my Substack newsletter, In the Garden with Carol. I also put the snowdrops and reticulated irises that I potted up earlier out there to see if they’ll grow and bloom for me on some dark winter’s day.
And that is it on this cold December day as far as blooms in my garden.
What’s blooming in your garden as we approach the end of the year? I’d love for you to join in for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day and show us. To participate, just post on your blog, Substack, Instagram or wherever you share about your garden on the Internet, about what’s blooming in your garden on or around the 15th of the month. Then come back here and leave a comment with a link to let us know what you have to show us.
As Elizabeth Lawrence wrote, “We can have flowers nearly every month of the year.”
Wow! Your temperatures are even colder than ours here in the northeast! We got our first snowfall of the season Saturday night into Sunday afternoon with 6 plus inches of snow and right now it is 19 degrees outside, so I am enjoying the garden from inside, as you are! I am also enjoying your collection of indoor plants-that Crown of Thorns plant is a keeper!!!
Yes, that houseplant is a keeper and I bet I’ve had it for at least 15 years, blooming non-stop the entire time.
Stay warm!
And I thought is was too cold here in Virginia at around 16 degrees this morning! We escaped with just a dusting of snow in our dry island in the mountains. But like you, my blooms are all indoors at this time of the year. That orchid flower is going to be sweet when it blooms!
Whatever happened to the Linky widget, did I miss something?
It didn’t work last month so I skipped it this month because I was very late in posting anyway and didn’t have time to figure out what went wrong with it.
Very chilly here and we have 10 inches of snow after another storm came through last night. I did get a photo of my snowdrops though before it came 🙂
10 inches! That’s quite a pile-on. Glad you got a picture of snowdrops before they got buried. I know some of mine were peeking up out of the ground but don’t think any were blooming yet.
It was 19 above this morning and I thought that was cold! You have a lot of blooms-to-come. I had to pass this year on getting some indoor flowering plants so I’ll be enjoying what other bloggers have to offer this December. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
19 is also quite cold! Thanks for visiting!
I can’t even conceive of temperatures that low! I’ve been hesitant to try the waxed Hippeastrums but, given your experience, I may pick one up. My climate is very different from yours, although flowers are nonetheless fewer at this time of year. Here’s my December GBBD post: https://krispgarden.blogspot.com/2025/12/bloom-day-december-2025-early-edition.html
It is quite cold. Even a simple walk out to the mailbox requires a coat, hat and gloves! And yes, do try the waxed amaryllis bulbs!
Hi Carol, It’s cold here but not as cold as what you are facing. It was 15 degrees last night and even the greenhouse went down to 35 degrees, but I will count my blessings after reading your posting. Here is my GBBD post (https://macgardens.org/?p=8095) for this month. By the way I think this is one of the very rare times when I’ve actually completed the post on the 15th of the month although I have been religiously posting for 16 years now… — John
Hi Carol I am visiting your blog from India , we have a huge difference in weather . We see milder winter and temperature never drops more then 40 F in my region in winter . I had started my blogging journey of Gardening after seeing your blog u are an inspiration for every Gardening enthusiast. Here is my link to GBBD post for December month (https://jaipurgardening.blogspot.com/2025/12/warm-december.html), Thanks for running this linky from past many years.
Snow always looks so magical. Those amaryllis bulbs; will look gorgeous when they bloom. My garden photos are attached to a Christmas post, but our weather has been so cold, the only thing I found blooming was a very defiance dandelion. May your holiday season be everything you wish with a bit of magic attached.
Yvonne
https://perfectionmoreorless.blogspot.com/2025/12/when-your-eyes-see-only-what-heart-feels.html
Brrrr, that is cold! You’ve got some nice stuff going on inside, my waxed Amaryllis are all blooming at different times. Ha ha, oh well they are still lovely. Your photo of the snow is peaceful.
I’m just mad! 80 degrees and dry. Yes! That’s the weather prediction for Christmas. That is just not right. I finally pulled up the best Christmas towns that have snow but unfortunately they are too far from north Texas. Bucket list for next year. Merry Christmas.