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The floral frost queens
As frost forms fragile filigree patterns throughout the garden, it is a little miracle to see flowers still blooming.
South African annuals like osteospermums and geraniums (Pelargonium spp.) peek out of wind-sheltered pots and flower beds. The drought tolerant alyssum, easily stands up to the wind and the frost, and continues to flourish. Roses…climbers and polyanthas shake the frost off their delicate blooms without missing a beat. The seemingly delicate threadleaf coreopsis and starry flowered masterwort (Astrantia major) keeps on blooming while the dark seed heads of black-eyed Susan and Rudbeckia wave their farewell to garden.
Flowers with lasting power…definitely a YES!Garden Moment.
Written by Cristina da Silva
Monday, November 29, 2010 in YES! Garden Moments
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Annual alyssum (Lobularia) is a hardy soul, and has the plus of being fragrant to the end. Single-flowered chrysanthemums are also amazingly tough around here (Toronto, USDA Z5b/Cdn Z6b), as are their annual cousins feverfew (Matricaria). I also have a single yellow echinacea still shining.
I didn’t see any purple echinacea blooming (they had all gone to seed). Maybe the yellow echinacea are more frost hardy?