December sunflower!

@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Dec 18

Interesting! We haven't had a freeze here yet.

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Jennifer

@LovingMyBabies (85288)

• Valdosta, Georgia

1 Dec 18

It is beautiful! Nope, I can't keep plants alive-only kids and animals.

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Jennifer

@LovingMyBabies (85288)

• Valdosta, Georgia

1 Dec 18

@TheHorse That's really cool! :)

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Dec 18

Heh. I didn't develop a green thumb until I decided that gardening would be good therapy for kids. I specialize in corn.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111938)

• United States

1 Dec 18

the only plants we have going most of the year and Mike's orchid plants. Then we have the poinsettia

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Dec 18

Is it indoors?

Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (108347)

• Marion, Ohio

1 Dec 18

I knew it had time where you are.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Dec 18

Heh. I'll enjoy it while it lasts. I bet the recent rains and 60 degree days helped. Today, it gets to enjoy some sun!

Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (108347)

• Marion, Ohio

2 Dec 18

@TheHorse What is that sun thing you speak of???

I have forgot what it looks like.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Jan 19

@wolfgirl569 I remember thinking the same thing when I lived in Seattle.

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

1 Dec 18

There are a few blue blossoms on our California lilacs and a few blooming dandelions around, but that is all.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Dec 18

@JamesHxstatic Ah, thanks! Will they die off as Winter progresses?

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Dec 18

Do you have a picture of the lilacs?

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

1 Dec 18

@TheHorse Ceanthus

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The Fly One

@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

1 Dec 18

Lucky you. You have a garden. Living in an apartment denies me the joy of tending to a garden

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Dec 18

I live in an apartment too. But I have a balcony and I have planters.

@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 18

@aureliah Could you put some small planters outside your apartment?

The Fly One

@aureliah (24326)

• Kenya

6 Dec 18

@TheHorse Nice.

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Toni

@toniganzon (72554)

• Philippines

3 Dec 18

Congratulations. I'm planning to plant sunflower in my yard, but first I have to find some sunflower seeds.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Dec 18

Heh. Do they sell them at the local hardware store, like they do here?

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Toni

@toniganzon (72554)

• Philippines

6 Dec 18

@TheHorse I found some vegetable seeds in the hardware store but no sunflower yet.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 18

@toniganzon Hmm. I hope you find them. They're common here. I would think they would do well in the Philippines.

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shaqziad1610

@shaqziad1610 (506)

• Malaysia

2 Dec 18

Sunflower!! It is a beauty. Take good care of it. As for me, nothing in my garden outseason themselves, since we don't have seasons.

The bird-eye chilli are producing enough for mom's use and the roselle is ready for its 6th week harvest.

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shaqziad1610

@shaqziad1610 (506)

• Malaysia

4 Dec 18

@TheHorse A few months back I planted okra with some tips from other Mylotters. Some calls it ladies finger. They grows so well. I kept their seeds, and planning to replant them later. The old lady next door planted lots of tropical flowers like hibiscus and rose. I tried planting pumpkin, they grows well too, but aren't producing much pumpkin. Maybe because I keep taking their flower for tempura.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Dec 18

Sounds good! What other things grow well there?

@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Jan 19

@shaqziad1610 Heh heh. Can't take those flowers! They turn into pumpkins!

Marlina

@marlina (154130)

• Canada

2 Dec 18

Nothing grows here at this time of the year: cold and snow.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Dec 18

Yep. I love Canada, and Canadian musicians in particular(Brice Cockburn, The Band, etc.) . But it's not known as a tropical oasis.

@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Jan 19

@TheHorse That would be BRUCE Cockburn. For some reason, I can't edit that comment.

Anna

@LadyDuck (472121)

• Switzerland

2 Dec 18

I have pink roses still blooming, several plants of cilantro and several plants of potatoes are growing up now.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472121)

• Switzerland

13 Jan 19

@TheHorse The cilantro grows even in winter. I have a few potted plants outside and I have fresh cilantro all the time.

Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317315)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

5 Dec 18

That's a good looking sunflower for this time of year.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Jan 19

Alas, the tree squirrels decapitated it. But it was (like its owner) past its prime. Let the squirrels eat.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Jan 19

@just4him They were chasing each other around like Spring has arrived here.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317315)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

14 Jan 19

@TheHorse They need to eat too.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (342277)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Dec 18

No late bloomers here but my parsley plant is doing well.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Dec 18

Do you do cilantro as well? I LOVE cilantro, but am not an expert at growing it.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Dec 18

@JudyEv We have what we call coriander here as well. I'm not sure how the two are related.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (342277)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Dec 18

@TheHorse It seems cilantro is called coriander here and Vince doesn't like it. But we do have basil growing.

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Thelma

@thelme55 (77164)

• Germany

2 Dec 18

Beautiful sunflower. I have blooming flowers here as the weather is warm. Our dancing ladies orchids are blooming again.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Dec 18

Oh, do you have pictures?

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Jan 19

@thelme55 Sweet! Are they still going strong? My sunflower is gone now. The squirrels got to it.

Thelma

@thelme55 (77164)

• Germany

3 Dec 18

@TheHorse

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jan 19

Nothing here but my neighbor usually has sunflowers.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Jan 19

Evil squirrels decapitated this one the other day. I am still grieving.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Jan 19

@CarolDM Don't worry. Here is a picture of me, waiting for them to return. It was taken a few minutes ago. Or maybe 20 year ago. I can't remember which. Getting older, you know.

CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Jan 19

@TheHorse Sorry.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

2 Dec 18

I think I'm a late bloomer - 56 and still not at my peak - any day now as I keep telling myself.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Jan 19

I'm still wondering when I'm going to bloom as well.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (140068)

• Roseburg, Oregon

2 Dec 18

The sunflower looks really nice.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Dec 18

Not bad for December. It the right environment, it could have grown to be quite tall.

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Diana Bauder

@BloggerDi (3113)

• United States

2 Dec 18

How pretty! We currently have another green pepper on a plant that my husband grew in a big pot. He kept it on the patio. He's brought it inside a few times when we've had freezing temps.

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@TheHorse (220408)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Dec 18

That's my strategy with some of the succulents.

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Icydoll

@Icydoll (36717)

• India

3 Dec 18

There are beautiful hibiscus and some other flowering plants in our garden.. Sunflower is very beautiful

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