So there are things still flowering in my garden!

Thank you Rose and Happy Christmas to you ...

Yes, one of the many good things about GoY, is it inspires us to go out with our cameras and see what's flowering, even in the cold weather..

Sexy Rexy is super and I love that little viola and the hydrangeas continuing to flower, despite the winter weather ... :o)

Lovely blog Rose. Still lots of life and colour in your garden! I've got loads of those hellebores, they keep appearing all over the place. The thing is, I've never planted one, so must have been a pressie from the birds!

Lovely colour Rose....
Happy Christmas to you and your family!

Sorry Rose, forgot to wish you a Merry Christmas! X

that hellebore is gorgeous

happy christmas rose

Thanks Terra for your lovely comments.Thanks Sheilar, I only have this one and it grows so tall that I have to stake it.Thanks Scottish and Sheilar for your christmas message.

Thanks Stickie, it sure is. We will be having 2 christmas days as my daughter and her girls are coming christmas day and my son and wife are working so will be coming New Years Eve instead.

Nice to see those flowers in December.
Merry Christmas to you :o)

i have my sons [and their wives] coming this saturday sadly one will leave sunday and the other monday then they are away for christmas. :-(

How lovely Rose, and I picked some roses today and took them indoors and they are not Christmas roses either...

Aw! poor Sticky, I know how that makes you feel, but still it is lovely to see them isn't it?...

this weekend will be lovely. thanks breda!

great blog Rose,still got lots of colour in the garden..i have still got Begonias flowering too...Merry Christmas to you & yours..:o)

Aren't the pheasant's gorgeous?! How are you at painting birdies? They would be very difficult I imagine! It's lovely to find those little jewel of flowers in all this bad weather, I'm staggered to see the begonias, they haven't even been touched by frost!
I see you've got some Christmas box, I had some in a pot in our last house, and you could smell it through the whole garden, it's fantastic! Tiny little flowers like wee white stars, I'll just have to get another one... :0)x

oh i meant to ask about the christmas box ~ how long have you been growing it for?

How lovely Rose, I'm so glad you were inspired to go and have a look...your own 'treasure hunt'! That viola made me smile. I have a few winter ones in flower, but every single bloom has been nibbled at the edges....slugs or earwigs no doubt :( Yours, however, is just perfect! :) Thanks for sharing.

What a nice blog Rose, the weather is catching up now. They can't keep going on...Can they?

Thanks Hywell for your message, and I'm pleased you enjoyed seeing the flowers.Stickie, I've had the christmas box for about 5 years now and its in a small raised bed and doesn't get much sunlight .Its near the back door so there is a lovely scent wafting into the house.Thanks Breda for your lovely comments, I hope you're better now.Thankyou Joanella for your comments too.Karen, the little viola is in a window box so is safe from slugs.As yours is one of the gardens i saw , I should be thanking you for getting me out into the garden.
So Elizabeth, I'm talking to you tonight. I bet you're thinking why am i still on the computer this late! Going up with the tea soon! I had enough trouble getting the bench right so there's no way I could paint the pheasants. I think Maddison would do much better! lol.I've put the C.Box flowers in the house but the perfume is so strong it actually brings on a headache so I don't think you should think about doing that.

Thanks Pimpernel, you wouldn't think so , would you!

thanks rose, i only got mine this year, its in a very shady place.

Lovely to see flowers in the garden ... I also have Viburnum, Hydrangea and Rudbeckia in flower ... makes you wonder for how much longer ! ... Quite cold down here for the past two days ... : o (

Have only just seen these last 2 comments.Thanks Shirley and also Stickie I think they like shady places.