Fertilizer Friday 12/17/2010

Hello everyone!
Today is “Fertilizer Friday” with our hostess
Tootsie and you do not have to look around
here for very long to see that there nothing
practically in bloom at my home this time
of the year.

 

The color of the day outside is white on white
after another five inches of new snow yesterday
but the Upper Falls at Old Mans Cave was
freezing on our walk this week and was starting
to look lovely.
By the time the Winter Hike is held the
last of January  the waterfalls at the local parks
in the Hocking Hills Park system will be spectacular
with giant ice formations if the weather stays as
cold as it has been. Last winter was the biggest
attendance for the hike with over 5,000 hikers.
           We have been having January temperatures
here in Ohio.
With more snow moving in the first of the week
it appears a white Christmas will be a guaranteed.

In fact the only blooms I have here now besides
my African Violet is this new red Cyclamen
that I picked up at the Conservatory on our visit.

The Amaryllis are growing but whether or not
there will be blooms is still to be seen.

 

The Poinsettia that was brought up from
the dark of the basement is hanging in there
but my or may not grow and bloom.

I am ready for Christmas for the most part.
Some chocolate peanut butter fudge  is to be made
yet and some cookies have to be baked next week.

So for Fertilizer Friday I am falling back on some more
blooms from Franklin Park Conservatory.
This lovely white Cyclamen was in bloom at the Conservatory. There are so many Cyclamens this
time of the year but I loved these white ones growing
with white poinsettias under their Fir trees that were
lighted with blue mini lights. These little violas looked like the cold was getting to
them out on the patio. They had their petals all closed up.

Even the Kale though still very pretty was drooping a little.
I have to try to grow some of this next Summer for the pots
for Fall color.

The dried Hydrangea heads added to the winter
landscape for some texture in the gardens.

This plant was tagged as a Threadleaf Sundew
Drosera filiformis and was still growing outdoors
in a courtyard. I had to look this one up but the
ones I found online looked nothing like this one.
This one reminded me of a Jack in the Pulpit.
Maybe the marker was meant for a plant that
had already died out.
Anyone know what this plant is?

Thanks Everyone for the ID of this

Sarracenia Pitcher Plant !!!!

For those of you who will be busy next week or
traveling I wish you all safe journeys and
have a Wonderful Christmas!

Lona