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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – January 2021

January 15, 2021 By Carol 17 Comments

Hello, and welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for January 2021.

If you’ve been following along with this meme since the beginning, you’ve just completed 14 years of posts. That’s right, the first bloom day post I published was Feb. 15, 2007. Congratulations if you’ve been posting since the beginning. And thank you for joining in whether it was with one post, or 168 posts.

To wrap up this 14th season of bloom day posts, I went outside where I found lots of flower buds on the hellebores—the Christmas roses— pictured above, but none were open.

I checked other spots in the garden for signs of snowdrops, crocuses, winter aconites, but I think it is too soon for them, even during this admittedly mild winter.

I did take note that the buds on the witchhazel, Hamamelis vernalis, are plumping up a bit.

And that’s all I found of interest outside.

Inside, I am pleased to see that the hyacinth bulbs I bought at Aldi are growing nicely and will soon open.

I posted in one of my daily updates on YouTube about how I pulled these hyacinths out of the vases they came in and put them in my nicer vases.

As those hyacinths open, this cyclamen that has been blooming for a while now is slowly fading out.

I bought this in the spring and basically ignored it until late fall when I noticed it had bud on it. It’s been a nice surprise to have it bloom so long.

Shall we wrap up this bloom day post with the one plant I have that is always in bloom?

The Crown of Thorns houseplant, Euphorbia milii, is never without flowers. And thus, I am never without flowers, for which I am eternally grateful.

What’s blooming in your garden on this wintry January day? It’s easy to join in this meme and show us. Just post on your blog about the blooms in your garden on or around the 15th of the month, then come back here to leave a link in the Mr. Linky widget, plus a comment to tell us what you’ve got waiting for us.

And remember the inspiration for this meme: We can have flowers nearly every month of the year. ~ Elizabeth Lawrence

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  1. Michelle Chapman says

    January 15, 2021 at 5:11 am

    Happy New Year Carol! Lots of surprises in my garden this year and I see my post’s speculation on houseplants from the USA is correct 😉

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  2. Barb Rogers says

    January 15, 2021 at 9:47 am

    Groceries and those flowers the stores sell, plus looking at rime ice on mountain tops!

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  3. danger garden says

    January 15, 2021 at 12:49 pm

    Happy Bloom-iversary Carol! I missed the first few years , however if my math is correct (never something I can assume) then this is my 121st Bloomday post. What a wonderful tradition.

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  4. Kris P says

    January 15, 2021 at 2:02 pm

    Winter is a different story here, Carol. It was 84F yesterday and we’re expecting a higher peak today. It’s very dry too, and sadly there’s another wildfire burning to the north of us. Neither of these things are “normal” in terms of what we expect of winter, even in SoCal, but this may be becoming the new normal. Nonetheless, I have a quite a bit in bloom relative to many areas in the Northern Hemisphere. Today marks my 8th year participating in this meme, about 2 weeks after I first started blogging. Thanks, as always, for hosting.

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  5. Kathy Jentz says

    January 15, 2021 at 2:51 pm

    Hi Carol and all –
    No GBBD post for me this month – too swamp with prep for Seed Swap Day, but popping in to say ‘hi’ and be inspired for beautiful blooms. Happy 2021, everyone!
    – Kathy

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  6. Christopher CNC says

    January 15, 2021 at 7:45 pm

    Fourteen years! I think I am fairly close to perfect attendance. For this Bloom Day I have a snowpack and signs of hope.

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  7. Arun Goyal says

    January 16, 2021 at 2:47 am

    I posted my first GBBD post around six years back and I am glad that I got to discover so much about plants around the world through your monthly link up party. The cyclamen blooms are lovely. It would be my pleasure if you join my link up party related to gardening here at http://jaipurgardening.blogspot.com/

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  8. MaryBeth says

    January 16, 2021 at 11:21 am

    My first time here. I enjoy looking at your posts and reading the comments. Enjoy
    MB

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  9. John says

    January 16, 2021 at 5:53 pm

    Hi Carol, not a whole lot happening outside yet, but we are right on the verge. There will be an explosion of flowering next month.

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  10. Pam's English Garden says

    January 16, 2021 at 10:53 pm

    14 years!! Congratulation, Carol. P. x

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  11. Lee @ A Guide to Northeastern Gardening says

    January 17, 2021 at 12:17 pm

    Happy New Year and Congratulations of your 14th Anniversary! I have been following Bloom day for ten years and have enjoyed every minute! Your Hellebore buds and indoor blooms are all lovely. Hellebores are blooming here in my zone 7a garden, so your’s aren’t far behind. Stay well.

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  12. Jean at Jean's Garden says

    January 17, 2021 at 7:53 pm

    Carol, My cyclamen bloom for months before they take a rest. I think I have that some hot pink one that you have. Alas, I have no flowers or even swelling buds outdoors. Thank you for hosting this monthly celebration of flowers.

    Reply
  13. Gail says

    January 21, 2021 at 10:46 am

    14 years…Wowzer.

    Reply

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