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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – November 2008

November 15, 2008 By Carol Michel 94 Comments

Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for November 2008.

Here in my zone 5 garden, it is definitely almost winter, but a few foxgloves, Digitalis purpurea, haven’t gotten the message and are hanging on. Shhh… let’s not tell them, or any garden fairies sleeping nearby, that this growing season is over.

I haven’t quite faced the end of the season, either, as shown by these container plants that I’ve left until the bitter end.

That bitter end will probably come tomorrow for these flowers, or maybe next week. Or definitely the day after Thanksgiving when I start to put up Christmas decorations. Maybe.

I’m definitely leaving this bird’s nest alone. I’m pretty sure it’s a robin’s nest and it won’t be used again, but I like seeing it there, so there it will stay.

I’m always happy when I find birds’ nests in the trees after the leaves fall off. It makes me feel like I’m doing something right in my garden, if the birds choose my trees and big shrubs to build their nests in.

Oh, were we supposed to talk about our blooms on bloom day? Sorry about that. Gads, sometimes I get distracted.

Along with the foxglove, there are lots of sedum blooms in the garden.Most are pretty dry now and have turned to various shades of brown and deep purple. I’ll leave these for winter interest. They look good with snow on them.

Other remnants of bloom in the garden include Hydrangeas, mums, Hydrangeas, coneflower seed heads, Aster seeds heads and a few old roses on my one small carpet rose.

I should really trim back the asters or I’ll be ‘busting my aster’ pulling out aster seedlings in the spring. I’ll do that maybe tomorrow or next week, or definitely by the day after Thankskgiving.

For some reason, late in the year, once it gets cold and dreary out, it seems like a lot of ‘procrastination’ blooms in my garden. How about in yours? Do you need help identifying it? If so, let me know sometime and maybe I’ll help determine if it is growing in your garden. It’s hard to get good a picture of ‘procrastination’, but I know it blooms in my late season garden.

One other plant that is growing in my garden that is worth a mention are the Lenten Roses, Helleborus sp.

While much of the garden is turning tan or brown as it goes dormant, Helleborus will stay dark green all through the winter.When everything else looks dull and lifeless, this spot of green will remind me that spring is “just” around the corner.

What’s blooming in your garden in mid-November for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day? We would love to have you post on your blog about your blooms today and then leave a comment here, so we can find you and come for a ‘virtual garden visit’.

*****

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

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  1. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 5:07 am

    In my zone 7b garden Carol I have quite a few things still hanging on for dear life. I like that shade of purplish brown your sedums have turned. They will look interesting w/snow on their clusters. My post is up!

    Reply
  2. Kylee Baumle says

    November 15, 2008 at 5:08 am

    CAROL! Don’t faint! My post for Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day is up!! 🙂

    Your hellebores look fabulous!

    Reply
  3. Rose says

    November 15, 2008 at 5:13 am

    Those containers look awfully good for this time of year! My Bloom Day post will be up at 5 AM tomorrow, well I guess that’s 6 AM for those of you east of Illinois. Snow is in the forecast for tomorrow, so my blooms won’t last long!

    Reply
  4. Naturegirl says

    November 15, 2008 at 5:24 am

    Carol your containers are still showing color!! The sedum is striking
    too! Here in my garden I’ve cut most plants back but my roses..oh my roses still have blossoms and buds!! I don’t know if those buds will open before Jack Frost hits but I’m watching.
    I had made a decision to post a ~special garden~ today.

    Reply
  5. LINDA from Each Little World says

    November 15, 2008 at 5:50 am

    Carol — I’m with you when it comes to Hellebores. Few other plants have their presence at any time but certainly none in November. I did manage to find quite a few things still green and growing to post and even one plant still blooming! I was quite amazed as that is not the norm here in Zone 5.

    Looking forward to visiting lots of gardens to see what everyone has blooming.

    Reply
  6. Corner Gardener Sue says

    November 15, 2008 at 5:51 am

    Hi! That sedum is on my list of plants I want to grow next year. I think you should let those pansies stay in that pot all winter and see if they send up new growth in the spring. I have had that happen.

    I just put my post up, and since I wrote it before my squirrel one, and had it saved until later, I thought it had failed to go up, until I scrolled down to look. It said something about the autosave not working, I thought it was gone!

    Today I looked at a couple GBBD blogs from a year ago, to see what kinds of plants people posted about, and noticed that only a couple people had links to theirs here in your comments. When you click on the name, it goes to the profile, so I suggest we, like a few have done, put links to our each months’ GBBD blogs here.

    (Carol, I was thinking about emailing you to see if I could suggest this, but I read your instructions first, and you said there were no rules, so let us know if you don’t like the idea. Thanks, Sue, A Corner Garden)

    http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8333330062798605073

    Now, I hope that worked!

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  7. Corner Gardener Sue says

    November 15, 2008 at 5:58 am

    When I pasted my url, it didn’t turn into a link, and then I noticed it wasn’t the same as what’s there on the page for bloom day. I’m trying again.

    http://acornergarden.blogspot.com/2008/11/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-111508.html

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  8. Unknown says

    November 15, 2008 at 6:03 am

    Sue… use this:

    $a href="http://acornergarden.blogspot.com/2008/11/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-111508.html"%Sue's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day Post$/a%

    Only put a < where every $ is, and a > where every % is. That will let you post the whole link correctly, with "Sue's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day Post" as the text that shows the link.

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  9. Unknown says

    November 15, 2008 at 6:05 am

    Almost forgot, here is Blackswamp Girl Kim’s Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day Post!

    Carol, I certainly won’t tell your foxgloves that they’re way too late, but you have to whisper this way and let my sedums know that they all turned brown (not your gorgeous shade of purple!) too early.

    And you never know about that robin’s nest. Mourning doves tend to use other birds’ nests for themselves (which is sometimes preferable, since they build such messy ones!) so maybe you’ll have some of them next year?

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  10. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 6:05 am

    I think I figured it out! If you haven’t yet, and this works, I clicked below on Name/URL. I put what I wanted into the name, and then copied and pasted the http info into the URL blank. Please bear with me if I’m the only person who didn’t know that yet, or if it doesn’t work.

    Have a great weekend!

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  11. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 6:38 am

    LOL, Kim, I just checked to see if anyone else had posted here, and saw that your two posts had come between my second and third. I did succeed in putting a link, but it didn’t turn out with my name on it, just “november gbbd ’08.” So, that’s mine! I’ll have to try your method next time! I did put the URL in again, so I think if you click on my name here, it will get to the same spot as the above one.

    Reply
  12. Unknown says

    November 15, 2008 at 6:42 am

    Yup, it did work! You can use that html coding that I posted in your regular comment text next time, though, if you prefer. 🙂

    Reply
  13. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 7:24 am

    Your garden still looks pretty good to me Carol! Way more variety in color than I have in my zone 5 garden.
    I think I have only participated in GBBD once (I have a terrible memory) but I am posting for November. Thank you for coming up with such a great idea.

    Reply
  14. joco says

    November 15, 2008 at 7:44 am

    Hiya Carol,

    Ever decreasing circles…..
    But still a little to cheer us up everywhere, I’m sure.

    Seedlings and birds: You must be doing something right!

    My blooms, mostly under glass, are at “Odds and sods” :
    HERE

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  15. Yolanda Elizabet Heuzen says

    November 15, 2008 at 8:23 am

    Well, you know what is in flower in my garden as my post has been up since yesterday.;-)

    What fun that the digitalis is putting up a few blooms especially fpr GBBD, how kind of them. And your containers still look very cheerful too. Your sedums look better than mine, mine are black and brown, probably due to all that rain.

    Happy GBBD!

    Reply
  16. Helen/patientgardener says

    November 15, 2008 at 9:10 am

    Hi Carol – see my GBBD post athttp://patientgardener.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/gbbd-november-2008/

    Not too many blooms but it was also blowing a gale so I did hang around too long taking the photos!!

    Reply
  17. Ewa says

    November 15, 2008 at 9:20 am

    Ehe, your first picture made me laugh.
    I posted some pictures of flowers in my garden in Poland, zone 6. There is also cup of tea waiting.
    Come and see:
    http://www.tinyurl.pl?Y5TeIDgh

    Reply
  18. VP says

    November 15, 2008 at 9:25 am

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  19. VP says

    November 15, 2008 at 9:33 am

    Hi Carol – like your garden, my blooms have been hanging on for November, so there’s more to show everyone than I thought.

    http://vegplotting.blogspot.com/2008/11/gbbd-hanging-on.html

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  20. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 9:42 am

    Not much flowery action here in southeastern Pennsylvania, but some color nonetheless. My post is up at Nan’s Bloom Day Post. Happy Bloom Day!

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  21. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 10:10 am

    It is amazing how the foxgloves keep throwing out the odd flower. I really like the picture of your birds nest in the tree.
    My post is up – although there is not a lot flowering in my garden.
    Warm regards
    K

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  22. Zoë says

    November 15, 2008 at 10:22 am

    All looking sad and neglected here too (because it has been for weeks), although there is promise of things to come, the hellebore, and viburnums are budding up already.

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  23. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 10:47 am

    Hi Carol, what an amazing thing for those foxgloves! I do believe the fairies not only know about that, but had a hand in it. You know how they are. And when you can get a photo of that elusive procrastination, it will be one for the books! Thanks again for this wonderful idea.
    here.

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  24. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 10:50 am

    Hmmm, something happened to my last sentence but the link took.

    It should read:

    My post is up and can be viewed here.

    Frances (sorry)

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  25. Sarah Laurence says

    November 15, 2008 at 11:21 am

    Carol, your garden is so green and colorful! The leaves are down and nothing is blooming in Maine, but I was in NYC last weekend and visited a park in my old neighborhood that will be unfamiliar to most people:

    New York Surprise

    Thanks for hosting GBBD!

    Reply
  26. Katarina says

    November 15, 2008 at 11:23 am

    I love your birds’ nest, Carol! It’s very pretty even without birds…
    The bitter end will probably come very soon here as well, but there are quite a few flowers in my garden. Surprisingly many, must say.

    Thanks for hosting GBBD – my post is up too.
    Katarina

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  27. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 11:49 am

    This month’s scans — Foliage and fuzz — are up: http://www.remarc.com/craig/?p=518

    Reply
  28. Les says

    November 15, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    Carol, thanks for hosting once again. We share similar tastes in plants, despite our zonal difference. I love Hellebores, and my most bountiful crop is Procrastination. However, it is easier to appreciate Elizabeth Lawrence the further south you live. I still have quite a few blooms hanging on, as well as fall color and the beginning of the the winter blooms. Thanks again an here is my link:

    A Tidewater Gardener – November Bloom Day

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  29. Meems says

    November 15, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    Carol, I love the bird’s nest in that barren tree, too. Symbols of life and doing things right like you said. The foxglove is a pretty sight and aren’t you glad plants don’t always follow the rules when it goes our way? The sedum will be very nice to have all winter as they continue to fade and cap with snow.

    I learned you will have something green in your garden all winter. That Helleborus would be catching my attention when days are drab or gloomy.

    Great fun this GBBD creation is… thanks again for hosting!
    My Florida garden has slowed a wee bit but still has some blooms to offer for November here.
    Meems

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  30. Gail says

    November 15, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    Carol,

    Nice bloom going on!I wish I knew your secret to growing foxglove…you can even get it to bloom in the fall! I do think a few procrastination blooms have seeded in my garden, too!

    Thank you Carol for hosting Bloom Day and mine is up! http://clayandlimestone.blogspot.com/

    Gail

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  31. Daphne Gould says

    November 15, 2008 at 1:17 pm

    Up here in the NorthEast nothing much is blooming at least in my garden. But here is my post about would could have been.

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  32. Marie says

    November 15, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    Procrastinate in the garden? Who me? Can I help it if the seat of my pants is stuck to a chair?

    I did manage to get out in the garden and take some pictures and post them this week.

    I feel like a lump.

    http://bethlehem-pa-gardening.blogspot.com/

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  33. Mr. McGregor's Daughter says

    November 15, 2008 at 1:42 pm

    Hooray for confused Foxgloves! It's such a treat to have plants go beyond the call of duty & throw out blooms this late in the season. Elizabeth Lawrence's quote is my motto. It is attainable in years with a warm winter. We'll see what happens this year.
    I suffer from late autumn procrastination, but it's really more about not getting my fingers frozen. Somebody needs to invent gardening mittens. I posted my Bloom Day entry a day early as the weather has taken a turn for the worse. I guess I rake with mittens on.

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  34. F Cameron says

    November 15, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    First time to your blog!

    Although I’ve been blogging since 03/2007, I didn’t find Blotanical until this fall. Today, I saw PGL’s link to your blog. Now I understand where the “Bloom Day” started!

    Thanks,
    Cameron
    Defining Your Home Garden
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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  35. Mr. McGregor's Daughter says

    November 15, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    I'm following Kim's advice & trying the direct link. I've never gotten it to work before: my post.
    Yay, it worked! Thanks, Kim!

    Reply
  36. Linda aka Crafty Gardener says

    November 15, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    There is nothing blooming in my Canadian zone 5b garden. Thank goodness for houseplants that are blooming. I’ll be doing the virtual tour today to get my fix of garden blooms in other parts of the world.

    Linda, aka Crafty Gardener

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  37. Commonweeder says

    November 15, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    I can’t believe how many people still have flowers outside. I have documented my puny buds on my Bloom Day site. You’ve got me thinking about hellebores.

    Reply
  38. WashingtonGardener says

    November 15, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    Isn’t finding an unexpected bird’s nest like stumbling upon some secret little world that you didn’t know existed right under your nose? Here you are gardening just feet away and a whole family came together and you never knew.
    My bloom day post is up here now: http://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2008/11/gloomy-bloom-day.html

    Reply
  39. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 2:46 pm

    Carol, Thank you for already visiting my GBBD post – it’s a little shy on blooms though, I’ll admit! The bird’s nest is a beauty – it’s another kind of bloom if we bend the rules a bit!

    Reply
  40. Sweet Home and Garden Carolina says

    November 15, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    Happy GBBD, Carol. I’m on standby this weekend awaiting the birth of our newest little gardener, a granddaughter.

    My post is up.

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  41. beckie says

    November 15, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    Carol, here I posted extra early and forgot to comment. Your sedums are really lovely and WILL look great with snow on them. I also like the look of birds’ nests in the trees. And I sure know what you mean about procratination blooming this time of the year!

    Reply
  42. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    Carol, I’m going public with a new blog about my own tiny garden with a GBBD post. There’s still too much in bloom for November – I’m ready for winter! (I wonder if my hellebores are still alive…)

    Reply
  43. Unknown says

    November 15, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    Oh, were we supposed to talk about blooms on bloom day? I guess I got a little distracted too. LOL. My post is up http://cbmvwag.blogspot.com/2008/11/november-bloom-day.html
    I don’t thing I said much about my poor pansies though. They’re quite the troopers to have in a zone 3/4 garden that seems to be in the throws of winter already!

    Reply
  44. chaiselongue says

    November 15, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    Beautiful sedum flowers! It’s late autumn/winter here even in our warmer Mediterranean climate and we haven’t many flowers as we’ve been concentrating on the vegetables – but what we have is on my blog now.

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  45. Meadowview Thymes says

    November 15, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    Hi Carol-my post is up. It is just now getting cold in Texas, so I have a few blooms today. 🙂
    http://meadowviewthymes.blogspot.com

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  46. steelystyle says

    November 15, 2008 at 3:21 pm

    Blooming today is…I don’t know! Maybe you can help. Also, fall fruits and some colorful leaves.

    Reply
  47. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    Carol,
    Thanks for being host to this event. Here is my meager offering on a bleak November day. Helleborus foetidus is coming later in the winter.

    Reply
  48. Unknown says

    November 15, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    You have some great photos, holing on to the bitter end! Good girl. Thanks for hosting this.

    Reply
  49. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    The only blooms I have this month are in my kitchen and laundry room, not in my garden. We’re going to get 20` weather tonight, so whatever isn’t already frosted out will be brown tomorrow.
    http://www.motherearthsgarden.com/garden-blogger-bloom-day-november-2008/

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  50. gintoino says

    November 15, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    Hi Carol, thank you for hosting GBBD once again, My pos t is up at
    http://jardimcomgatos.blogspot.com/2008/11/em-flor-garden-bloggers-bloom-day.html

    Reply
  51. chuck b. says

    November 15, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    I cannot believe it’s November 15th already. Sheesh!

    http://back40feet.blogspot.com/2008/11/november-bloom-day.html

    Reply
  52. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    Gracious, you’ll be busy answering bloom day posts for days. I’ve got mine up. Procrastination not only grows @ Rosehaven, it blooms there pretty much all the time. Thanks again for naming my garden. I promise the books will be in the mail Monday.~~Dee

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  53. Barbarapc says

    November 15, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    What a wonderfully fun and silly thing to do up here on the northern shore of Lake Ontario – enjoyed every minute of it & am looking forward to seeing what's happening in gardens around the world.

    Reply
  54. Corner Gardener Sue says

    November 15, 2008 at 5:24 pm

    I decided to go ahead and try this to get a link to my blog in the body of the comment. Thanks for the instructions, Kim! I won’t be able to read or post comments until this evening and the next few days. It’s cool to see so many people involved in this! Thanks, Carol!

    Sue’s Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day Post

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  55. Annie in Austin says

    November 15, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    Foxgloves and pansies! Isn’t it funny, Carol, that the flowers blooming in your garden look like spring?

    There are tons of plants in bloom here right now and my November Bloom Day Post was up on time, but then I forgot to leave a link. We have frost possible tonight so Philo & I are trying to jam tender plants into the garage.

    A lot of what's blooming in my garden today may not be there tomorrow, but there will be photos because you invented Bloom Day.

    Annie at the Transplantable Rose

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  56. The Constant Gardener says

    November 15, 2008 at 7:17 pm

    Wow, lucky you still having foxgloves. Mine went ages ago. And the sedums have gone soggy what with all the rain we’ve been having…

    Never mind, there’s a bit still hanging on in there, so I took some photos and put my GBBD post up just now.

    Thanks Carol!

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  57. vertie says

    November 15, 2008 at 7:44 pm

    Hi Carol,
    Here’s my bloom day post. I love those sedums. My garden is finally getting its act together just as yours winds down.

    Vertie
    http://tinyurl.com/5u5vx4

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  58. Green thumb says

    November 15, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    Hi Carol, We all share similar apprehension about the inevitable, impending frost! But right now, the blooms are there in the garden for us to enjoy.
    Your Sedum looks striking and the Pansies are vibrant!!
    My bloom’s day list is up too.
    Best Wishes

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  59. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    There’s not much to my bloom day post for this month: I do have blooms, but nothing so exciting that I want to go out in the damp 30s weather to photograph. Won’t we be getting seed catalogs for the springtime soon?

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  60. a says

    November 15, 2008 at 9:18 pm

    I’m procrastinating too… as long as there are any signs of life, we’re not done yet, right? Another Indiana gardener in denial.
    -arythrina

    http://metaphyta.blogspot.com/2008/11/bloom-day-november-15-2008.html

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  61. garden girl says

    November 15, 2008 at 10:55 pm

    Hi Carol, once again, thanks for sponsoring GBBD. I’m pleased to still have some blooms in spite of our decidedly November gloomy weather suddenly descending upon us this week. If not for sunny windows and the basement greenouse, I would have the sum total of 4 bugbane blooms left in the garden. My post is here: http://gardengirl-lintys.blogspot.com/2008/11/november-bloom-day.html

    As always, thanks for this inspirational monthly event. the wheels are turning in the recesses of my mind for plant purchases next spring to expand the early spring and late fall bloom potential in our garden!

    Reply
  62. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 11:02 pm

    I’d like to second Sue in calling for URLs in the body of comments. I like to copy them into my browser bar, then toggle back and forth between this comments window and my main browser. So…here’s mine (click on ricki’s blog in navigation bar at bottom of any page):

    http://bannersbyricki.com

    Thanks again, Carol…not sure I would be paying close attention to my garden without this forum to spur me on…and would have missed so much.

    Reply
  63. Lisa at Greenbow says

    November 15, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    I just wanted to let you know while I was GADding about this morning I got a couple of pictures to show my pitaful excuse for November blooms.

    Happy GGBD…

    Reply
  64. Horselip's Horse Sense says

    November 15, 2008 at 11:27 pm

    Hello everybody. A friend told me about this blog and told me I should visit. I just started a new gardening blog about gardening here in Austin Tx (zone 8) and this is my first post of what’s blooming. This is a great idea! I really like seeing what’s blooming in all the gardens around the world.
    I’m checking out the blogs one by one on here and will see as many as I can. Please feel free to check out my blog and let me know what you think.
    Thanks
    Randy

    Reply
  65. Lythrum says

    November 15, 2008 at 11:49 pm

    Hi all 🙂 I posted my remaining roses on my blog. I garden in zone 7b in Alabama. I look forward to seeing everyone’s gardens and blogs. 🙂

    Reply
  66. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2008 at 11:58 pm

    My garden is in the mountains of western North Carolina (zone 6B). My blooms right now are the last of the Sheffield pink mums, some yellow mums, asters, some kind of wild aster, gentian, witch hazel, one confused day lily, and the last remnants of red and blue salvia. The forecast for this week is for temperatures as low as 16 so I don’t expect some of these to last much longer.
    Indoors I have an orchid, geraniums, begonias and some confused Christmas cactus that always bloom before Thanksgiving.

    Reply
  67. Anonymous says

    November 16, 2008 at 12:58 am

    Zanthan Gardens post up. The same few diehards that made it through summer.

    I love foxgloves. They are one of my favorite flowers to long for whenever I am in England.

    Reply
  68. Kate and Crew says

    November 16, 2008 at 1:08 am

    We have a handful of mammoth sunflowers in the garden and a couple of impatiens and a purple pansy out front. We’ve never had a great bloom day, but I take what I can get.

    Here’s my post on Gardening Without Skills

    http://gardeningwithoutskills.blogspot.com/2008/11/happy-bloom-day.html

    THANKS and HAPPY BLOOM DAY!

    Reply
  69. Rusty in Miami says

    November 16, 2008 at 1:13 am

    HI Carol, my GBBD post is up, and thanks for continue to host this great tradition.

    Reply
  70. Anonymous says

    November 16, 2008 at 1:14 am

    Better late then never. I finally got my pictures loaded. You can find my bloom day at http://jellyfishbay.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-november-2008/

    Thanks

    Reply
  71. Shady Gardener says

    November 16, 2008 at 1:34 am

    Hi Carol, I actually haven’t been outdoors (!!) these past few days, but I’ve posted an indoors blossom today. 🙂

    Reply
  72. Lee17 says

    November 16, 2008 at 2:10 am

    I love hellebores! We used to have really fabulous ones back in the Northwest, but down here, they will not grow. I miss them.

    Here is my post:

    http://thesuniskillingme.blogspot.com/

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  73. Anonymous says

    November 16, 2008 at 2:12 am

    I finally got my GBBD post up. Glad to join in with everyone else.

    Jan
    Always Growing

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  74. Diana says

    November 16, 2008 at 2:36 am

    Carol – I’m so glad you mentioned the Hellebores – i have one coming back and forgot what it was until you id’d it for me. thanks. I think you and I have the same I can’t do away with it it if isn’t 100% dead philosophy with pots. I struggled to toss one little half dead petunia in a pot today. Procrastination grows in my garden when the weeds show up! My post is up at
    http://sharingnaturesgarden.blogspot.com/2008/11/full-for-freezeor-i-blew-bloom-day.html#links

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  75. ConsciousGardener says

    November 16, 2008 at 2:37 am

    Hey! I’m up…it’s almost 9pm, long day in the yard getting things ready for this frost/freeze! Everyones stuff looks fab! Happy Gardening…oh check out my friend Randy on Horselips…it’s his first post!

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  76. Julia Erickson says

    November 16, 2008 at 3:32 am

    Carol,

    I’m imressed you still have your foxgloves. I’ve avoided the frost here in NJ zone 6b, so have a lot more to share–perennials, annuals, even the autumn cherry tree–this month than I expected:

    http://heirloomgardener.blogspot.com/2008/11/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-november-2008.html

    -Heirloom Gardener

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  77. Nancy says

    November 16, 2008 at 4:17 am

    Well… with only 2 hours to spare, my post is up. There’s a lot going on in my yard right now…

    Nancy’s Garden Spot

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  78. Sandra Evertson says

    November 16, 2008 at 4:42 am

    Beautiful Foxglove! And such a sweet little nest to find!
    Sandra Evertson

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  79. MLight says

    November 16, 2008 at 5:05 am

    The container is a lovely splash of color!

    Thank you for hosting this!

    We have a late first freeze this year, and I’ve really been enjoying the last blooms.

    http://mlight.typepad.com/moomin_light/2008/11/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-november-15-2008.html

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  80. Jan says

    November 16, 2008 at 5:35 am

    Hi Carol,
    I love your seedum…the color is so bright! I didn’t include mine in the post because it is a yucky brown!
    Here is my GBBD post for November! Jan

    http://thanksfor2day.blogspot.com/2008/11/november-garden-blogger-bloom-day.html

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  81. Anonymous says

    November 16, 2008 at 6:07 am

    Whew, I got my post up just before midnight. I love your sedums, Carol.

    Like Annie said, there’s a lot in bloom here in Austin on the eve of a possible light frost, but I had to go back to Green Hall Garden to find it. Here’s my Bloom Day post.

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  82. Kerri says

    November 16, 2008 at 7:18 am

    I know all about not quite facing the bitter end…as evidenced by my container emptying job being dragged out so long. 🙂
    Your sedum looks great!
    There’s definitely procrastination blooming in my garden…oh yes, I know what it looks like. LOL
    I wish my one tiny little helleborus looked like yours. It doesn’t seem to want to grow.
    My post is up (at last!)
    Happy Bloom Day, Carol!

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  83. Anonymous says

    November 16, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    Hi Carol,
    Here is zone 3 there is even less left, but I managed to snap a few pics. I am looking forward to spending more time reading blogs now that gardening season is done for me!
    Janice
    http://www.calgarygardencoach.typepad.com

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  84. Cosmo says

    November 16, 2008 at 2:46 pm

    I’ late as always, but I’m up: cosmosgarden.blogspot.com. I love hellebore–I have a few different kinds and can’t wait until February to show them off! I love Bloom Day–thanks so much for starting it.

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  85. growingagardenindavis says

    November 16, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    My post is up too Carol. I hope the garden fairies find a safe, warm spot for ther winter…maybe they make use of their special door and sneak inside?

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  86. Cindy, MCOK says

    November 16, 2008 at 5:37 pm

    Hope you and the fairies stay safe and warm this winter! My Bloom Day post is up at http://texascottagegarden.blogspot.com/2008/11/yesterday-was-bloom-day-but.html

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  87. Barb-Central Texas says

    November 16, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    Your container plants are still beautiful, Carol!

    Here’s what’s blooming in my garden as of Nov 16:

    http://huerto-de-altamira.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html

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  88. Curmudgeon says

    November 16, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    Greetings Carol. The WWWs did our GBBD post earlier this week since we got a sunny day Mon. but were due to have rain the rest of the week.

    http://weedwhackinwenches.blogspot.com/2008/11/sunny-monday-in-novembe-aka-gbbd.html

    –Curmdgeon

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  89. Dan says

    November 16, 2008 at 10:37 pm

    Hi carol,

    I posted my GBBD a day late. I am also in your zone so I did not find many blooms but there is lots of seed heads and foliage color.

    http://veggiegardenblog.blogspot.com/

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  90. Dig, Grow, Compost, Blog says

    November 16, 2008 at 11:35 pm

    Well speaking of procrasinating, my post is finally up!

    Reply
  91. Anonymous says

    November 17, 2008 at 1:43 am

    Finally made it! My Bloom Day post is here

    Hope you’re having a nice November.

    Reply
  92. jane says

    November 17, 2008 at 12:26 pm

    I’m sorry, 2 days late, I’ve only managed to get one in before!
    I’ve got a couple of sorry flowers in my scottish garden in the wet and cold.
    I enjoy looking at the posts from hot places! (Though I don’t know what your zone system is)

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  93. Daniel Mount says

    November 17, 2008 at 6:19 pm

    The sneaky osmanthus started blooming. I say sneaky because their flowers are so small yet potently fragrant . The sweetness carries so far it takes me a while to remember just where that smell is coming from. So nice to have its freshness after all the musky flood odors that passed by.

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  94. Tex in the Garden says

    November 26, 2008 at 7:15 pm

    I’m really sorry I missed the What’s Blooming for November. I’m in Dallas, zone 7b. Salvia greggii does well — my ‘Hot Lips’ and my ‘Raspberry’ are still in bloom, though barely. My Mt. Emory Sage still has some red flowers.

    Biggest surprise is the tender perennials Salvia micro-phylla ‘Snow Nymph, ‘Peach’, and ‘Coral Nymph’. Tender, my foot. They bloom!

    Reply

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