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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – January 2023

January 15, 2023 By Carol 11 Comments

Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for January 2023!

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6b garden in central Indiana, we’ve had all kinds of weather since the last bloom day. From frigid temperatures below zero to a thunderstorm the other morning, with sunny days in between, the garden has been through it all.

As one might imagine, and you might know from living in a similiar zone, there is not a lot in bloom outside in January.

There are some snowdrops, pictured above.

I also found a few hellebores buds.

All things considered, I feel fortunate that they are still there.

And that’s about it for outside.

Shall we go inside and see the big white amaryllis that decided to open its first bloom this week?

Those amaryllis seem to trumpet their arrival, don’t they?

Nearby is a Crown of Thorns euphorbia, actually two varieties in one pot, that is always blooming.

There is a reddish-pink flowering variety.

And a yellow flowering variety.

And that is it for bloom day for January! Now I’m going to head off to my bookshelf and read what gardeners of old and a few other writers had to say about January. Then I’ll come back here and read about your blooms and January thoughts.

It’s easy to join in for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day. Just post on your blog or on Instagram or wherever about what’s blooming in your garden around the 15th of the month. Then come back here and put a link to your bloom day post in the Mr. Linky widget and leave a comment to tell us what you have to show us!

For those wondering, Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day began on February 15, 2007 so with this post, we’ve just finished 16 years of once a month posts about what’s blooming in our gardens. Congrats to those who joined in at the beginning and thank you to all who still join in today!

And if you once joined in but haven’t posted for awhile, why not start the new year out with a bloom day post?

( I wonder if Dee knew how long I can keep doing something without quitting when she suggested we do a podcast together? We just started our fifth season of The Gardenangelists! Check it out if you aren’t a regular listener.)

And finally, the quote that started it all…

“We can have flowers nearly every month of the year.” – Elizabeth Lawrence

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  1. Lee@A Guide to Northeastern Gardening says

    January 15, 2023 at 9:12 am

    Congratulations on 16 years of Bloom Day and a fifth season of podcasting! Thanks to you, I have been posting every Bloom Day since 2010, and I also enjoy your podcasts. January has been a strange month here weather wise as well. When I saw the lightning the other evening, I couldn’t believe it! Anyways…as far as blooms, the Hellebores are blooming outside with some indoor plants blooming inside. Happy Bloom Day!

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  2. Alana says

    January 15, 2023 at 10:34 am

    Congratulations on completing your 16th year of GBBD . Your white amaryllis is lovely. I’ve never tried Crown of Thorns because of the thorns but a former co-worker at work had a beautiful one that was many years old. Hope the weather settles for both of us.

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  3. Lisa says

    January 15, 2023 at 12:40 pm

    Wow! 16 years! Congratulations! I wish I had a house with more natural light. Then, I’d need to figure out how to keep the cats away from the plants.

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  4. Kris P says

    January 15, 2023 at 2:50 pm

    I don’t know of any blog meme that’s lasted half that long – congratulations and thanks for keeping it going, Carol! This is the tenth anniversary of my participation.

    It’s soggy here in coastal Southern California but there are always flowers. There are never as many as I’d like but, when it comes to winter, SoCal beats out most areas in the Northern Hemisphere.

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  5. Brenda K Johnson says

    January 15, 2023 at 5:10 pm

    Crown of Thorns in yellow –I haven’t seen that before. Both have vivid blooms.

    Hellebores are buried in snow here, but moisture is welcome.

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  6. Christopher CNC says

    January 15, 2023 at 7:57 pm

    I had outside flowers before it snowed. They will be back when it all melts.

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  7. Jerry says

    January 16, 2023 at 4:20 pm

    Looking good! I’ve got a crown-of-thorns in bloom too! Your snow drops are ahead of us here in zone 7 western Oregon.

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  8. John Willis says

    January 16, 2023 at 6:26 pm

    Hi Carol, it’s been a really mild winter on the whole in Maryland. Still no sign of snow. I even saw dandelions this week. Amazing. — John

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  9. Yvonne Means says

    January 17, 2023 at 12:50 am

    I’m in zone 7a and our weather has been fairly close to yours. Beautiful houseplants. I used to have lots of them, but life and work got in the way.

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  10. ks says

    January 17, 2023 at 1:55 pm

    Happy Bloomday from soggy California Carol !

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