Winter Garden crawl

[HAB911]

Counterintuitive for this time of year, I did a garden crawl to see what besides the Dracaena fragrans was blooming. I broke out the Nikkor MC 50mm f/2.8 macro lens. I don’t use this lens enough, but it’s great for macro shooting. As we approach the shortest day and the sun is really low in the southern sky, the light is just amazing, nothing at all like the glaring summer sun. Although it does cast deep shadows in the garden, so I couldn’t get the Carambola blooms higher up and in the shade. Here we have Firespike, Loquat, Papaya, Ironweed, and Dracaena fragrans/corn plant, plus the foliage of a Mango and Fish Tail Palm. Here’s hoping we avoid a frost this year!
Firespike

Loquat

Papaya (male)

Little Ironweed

Dracaena fragrans/corn plant

Mango

Fish Tail Palm

[Trueblue Texan]

1. These are beautiful...

In what part of the US were these taken?

[HAB911]

3. thanks!

West Central Florida, Tampa area

[niyad]

2. A most beautiful and vibrant winter garden. I am a teensy bit envious,

since even my roses have given up for the season!

[HAB911]

4. thank you!

If we get a frost, it will look like the end of the world, and that happens all too often

[niyad]

5. My garden got 8 inches of snow last week. While all of us are grateful

for the desperately-needed moisture, I was still sorry to see the last of my brave little rosebuds and calendulas.

[George McGovern]

6. Gorgeous HAB911!