Wow --that Euphorbia rigida 'Winter blush' really did blush big time! Hmmm, I spy a cactus variety that you passed along to me ... :-)

A common name for the plant in the last photo is 'Painted petals'. A great little plant with iris shaped foliage that's originally from Africa. Mine are blooming too. It looks great planted with ground orchids since they bloom at the same time.

I love seeing all your blooming plants!

Love them all!!! I've never seen the winter blush or beach rain lily before . Thanks for sharing

Wonderful - though doubt that "Blue bonnets" and "where I don't want them" have ever been used in the same sentence before. :-)

They are invading into my cactus garden and will cause my precious babies to rot in the rain by smothering them. I will be yanking the seeds off of them and throwing them in the opposite direction.

All of it is gorgeous!

Yes, all very pretty.

Love all the pics but that coral vine and the black foot daisy are my favs. All are sooo pretty!

In Hawaii, many hibiscus bloomed in the winter.

I live in Houston. I was still having blooms at Christmas. Here is my Cindy's Heart on Christmas Eve.

I used to make garlands out of them to decorate in the house for christmas day. It was very bright. over the top.

The pink-flowered plant pictured in the last photo of the original post is False Freesia (Anomatheca laxa)

The bogies and lemon, grapefruit and pomegranate trees are blooming. Everything else is just starting to bloom.... the irises, the geraniums, the orchid trees, lady banks, and our torch glow.

Hey Mara, someone else must have given you the painted petals. I wouldn't have called it beach rain lily....I gave you the real rain lilies. And I probably wouldn't have parted with my painted petals, since I've been trying to get them going. However.... there could have been a seed or stray bulb in with something else I gave you. Aren't they pretty!? I have some which have popped up 50 yards from the original growing area, and glad of it. Interesting how different parts of the country know it by different names.

Anomatheca laxa is correct,. Lusting over euphorbia rigida. Shhhh, don't tell anybody but I'm not in love with tx bluebonnets.

NO , Patty, you gave me a small one. I might have had the name wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.

Bluebonnets are not my favorite wildflower either. Many before it. But is is nice and it grows without care , or it did this year.

Ms redbird, beautiful flowers. I love that bauhinia.

Beautiful blooms, every one. wantonamara, your blackfoot daisy looks great. Did you cut it back this spring? Mine never really died out over the winter and now looks lanky.

No I did not cut it back . It is growing in some decomposed grant compost, and gravel. Mine might have been eaten or I might have yanked it off. Can't remember.The Blackfoot daisy is happy there.

Mara, both of our purple bauhinias had blooms this year. We should have plenty of seeds for Fall swap and maybe even some rooted plants, if possible.

thw Orange/coral stuff

Yes Spring is devine except for all that Tax stuff that is keeping me from weeding beggars lice

After weeding beggars lice this evening and filling up a 15 gallon pot with them and adding them (pre bloom) to the compost pile. That pile is growing this year. Here are some of the blooms I saw today.

I have had this pot since I was a little girl. My mom called him uncle Howard. He kills plants. I figure the grass will look good dead or alive in there.