Re: OT: November Blooms

On Sun, 3 Nov 2024 18:42:35 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
(ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:

On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 23:54:25 +0000, jmcquown wrote:
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On 11/2/2024 7:11 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 20:59:21 +0000, jmcquown wrote:
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Here's Fall in my neck of South Carolina:
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https://i.postimg.cc/90TLm2VV/november-blooms.jpg
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The bush is next to my driveway with buds all over, ready to burst!
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Jill
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Quite pretty!
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I had a lovely camellia bush at my front steps until
the winter of '94/'95.  Artic blasts and below zero
temperatures.  It didn't help that bush that my house
faces due north.  My japonica bush turned completely
black but bravely put out new shoots in the spring.

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Fortunately it doesn't get that cold here, or if it does not for very
long.  Temps have been in the 80's this past week.  I'm not familiar
with japonica.
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Jill
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It was one of those once-every-twenty-to-thirty-year
freak winters we get.
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The japonicas I've always seen are a strange looking
shrub.  They look like someone has flicked a paint
brush all over them.
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https://i.postimg.cc/1XdsLPJd/Japonica.jpg

"This plant appears to be Aucuba japonica, commonly known as the
Japanese laurel or spotted laurel."
(Source: our friendly artificially intelligent acquaintance)

--
Bruce
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