The picture below is deceptive. It looks like it's a nice day, but the truth is it was a short glimpse of a sun break in an otherwise wet, cold, dark, and windy day. By the time my eyes adjusted, the sun went behind a cloud indefinitely.
On the other hand, if it wasn't for this steady supply of weather systems (i.e. rain) we've had over the past month and a half, there would have been at least a few good frosts by now, which would make sightings on December 2nd like this impossible:
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| Canna 'Tropical yellow' |
Or this:
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| The flower stalk of Acanthus mollis 'Tasmanian angel' rising through a Schefflera taiwaniana |
Even the leaves of this
Gunnera manicata have yet to show signs of capitulating.
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| Gunnera manicata |
If this benign weather continues through the winter, I will jump for joy from the rooftop (just kidding!).
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| Center left: Washingtonia robusta, Center right: Melianthus major |
