Regular readers will know that January and February are the hardest months for me. They are cold and grey and there’s no hope of seeing/doing anything in the garden. I get through it by paging endlessly through seed catalogues and…

having plants that bloom indoors! This, of course, is my passionflower. Isn’t it amazing. The flowers only last one day by boy are they stunners!

Sadly, I lost a few of my African Violets over the summer, but a couple survived, and one has just started to bloom.

You can see it’s also covered in cat hair, because it’s in the front window and the boys love to sit there too.

This next one is a new one, and there aren’t many flowers left, as such, I got it on clearance, which pleased me to no end.

It’s a Stephanotis – also known as Madagascar Jasmine. I had one years ago, and bought it because not only are those flowers beautiful – they smell AMAZING!!!! Personally, I think it’s even better smelling than Star Jasmine. I lost the original one by overwatering and was so sad when it died. I was thrilled to find this one because it’s the only time I’ve seen it since that first one. At it’s peak, there will be flowers all over ever inch of its wire support. And like that pot? We found that little fellow at the thrift store a few weeks back, and it turns out he was just the perfect size!

And last.. I bought some Paperwhites, and an Amaryllis bulb a week or so before Christmas. Obviously, they didn’t bloom in time for the holiday, but now the Paperwhites are just staring to open up

There are dozens of them in the pot, and each stem has multiple flowers, so when they all start to bloom it will be an amazing sight. Also and amazing smell. They are part of the narcissus family (daffodils) and have a lovely scent – especially on mass.

I’ll have more pics when that happens – probably about the time the amaryllis opens up too!