Bloom Day - Leftovers In The Fridge

This is the time of year when people make enormous pots of chili or soup and those never ending casseroles, feeding on them for days. Well that is some of what you are going to get here. After last month's bloom day where I lamented the fact that my Yuletide Camellia (Camellia sasanqua 'Yuletide') has never bloomed well, I have now been getting full on it for weeks. I am not sick of it yet and hopefully you don't mind being served a few leftovers.

Let's pull out another dish or two from the back of the fridge before we see if there is any new stuff. I think I have some Mahonia x 'Winter Sun' still edible from December's GBBD.

Last time we were in the kitchen the unknown Quince (Chaenomeles) was starting to heat up too quickly, but it has been put back on simmer and maybe it can hold out until February.
I am able to serve you some fresh greens like this Acorus gramineus 'Ogon' and my Corydalis 'Can't-Get-Rid-Of-This'.

The foliage on the Hedera colchica 'Sulphur Heart' is very fresh looking right now, and later on the fruit will ripen, turn black and create a feast for the birds.

Helleborus foetidus is also fresh right now, but we will ignore its very unappealing common names like Dungwort and Stinking Hellebore.

I like to end a good meal with something sweet. Paperwhites are hardy for us here and are the first Narcissus to bloom. I happen to be one of those people who like their strong fragrance, even in the house.

Here is something I am working on for next month's meal, Edgeworthia chrysantha. I only have 7 buds this year, and I count them every morning. Long time readers of this blog may remember that this is the shrub I caught my criminally insane neighbor destroying. It has made a slow recovery, but it will never be the lovely single stemmed specimen that I had hoped for. At least it is alive and it will bloom this year.

It has been great having ya'll over and, I would love to chat, but I must go scour some pots now. On your way home would you mind running this covered dish over to Carol at May Dreams Gardens? Thanks, I do appreciate it.