My Love Story Tropical Hibiscus have been blooming seemingly non-stop all winter! The flowers that opened today are normal without form or color changes so I'm thinking the color of the light and the rise in soil temperature are telling them Spring is getting close! Anyone else getting early blooms in their greenhouse?

Beautiful!

Thanks! Working like mad now to get things ready for the 11th annual Greenhouse Unload Day. All the Tropical Hibiscus in there are putting on new leaves and have buds!

I've started taking the ferns out. Next will be the hibiscus. We're having mid-forties at night, so they should be okay without cover. I know I'm pushing it, but I can always haul them back in if the weather changes.

Still too cold here at night to put anything out here in the Low Country

You two are pushing the season, don'tcha think? If you start taking stuff out of the greenhouses, it will go back to being winter for sure!

On the up side, if we got a few more cold nights about now, the flowers on the live oaks would blast and that would end all the pollen misery for this year!

Lovely hibs, Xer! I have a big old one outside the back fence that has double red blooms like that. I hardly ever remember to go and look at it. Thanks for reminding me.

Just livin' on the edge!

Lol .. actually I don't unload the greenhouse until I'm 100% sure the night time temps stay in the upper 40's or warmer. All it took was 1 year in abject panic to always have the greenhouses loaded by the last week in October and unload it usually by mid March. The Unload usually takes about 2 days. I check off all the plants against the Fall Inventory making notes of the condition, any grooming or repotting that is necessary. I'm ridiculously organized which pays off in the long run.

Xeramtheum said: I'm ridiculously organized which pays off in the long run.

When can you come and stay in Florida for a week?

Lol .. never I'm afraid .. I grew up in Ft. Lauderdale then moved to Gainesville/High Springs after college til 1997 when I left the state .. nothing .. and I mean nothing will ever get me back into Florida again.