Jude is having a garden photography challenge this year, and for January the theme is Winter Gardens.
I took the first photo at home a few days ago. I was surprised to see the young bud shooting out, it usually flowers from late April, and like many plants this year it’s confused.
It’s a Beschorneria yuccoides, a Mexican plant that’s been in the garden for about seven years and was a baby, below in 2009’s snow.
Snow doesn’t happen too often in Devon, buds don’t usually sprout on exotic Mexicans in January either!
Lucid Gypsy 
The plant is gorgeous with the snow on it. I don’t mind flowers budding at any time of the year. Wishing you more floral days in winter. xo
How neat. My sister said she has flowers starting to come up already too, and that’s months ahead of time for our area too.
I shall make a note of this plant Gilly, and I’d love to see it when the bud is open 🙂
It is very odd having spring flowers in this dull light. And what will we have in spring?
Pretty blossom 😊
well the young bud one seems to have a very ponderous mood – love the contracts you showed for the challenge – but that bud in the reader really seemed like it was in thought – ha!
The plants are confused, Gilly. I haven’t had any orchids bloom since mid summer. ~~~ : – (
Very nice photos for the challenge. 😎
The Beschorneria yuccoides looks so beautiful, I have never seen it before.
A really exquisite image, Gilly. Love the colours of the flower and the leaves.
Beautiful Shots..♥♥
Wonderful shade of pink. The poor thing is freezing. Do you have a little coat to give it? ❤ ❤
It’s a whaty, whaty? 🙂 🙂 Whatever it is, it’s gorgeous, Gilly.
I’ll be putting my walk up about 10 tonight to give me a head start tomorrow, As Jude remarked, it will be Monday in Australia by then 🙂 See you later, honey. Take care!
Have a fabulous time and I look forward to seeing your walks with Becky, hugs from GreenGee 🙂
Not exactly what I’ve expected in a January garden in the deep north either. Lovely shadings in the petals. They were really popular in minimalist suburban gardens in Sydney when I was growing up. I always rather longed for one.
Lovely soft shades of pink Gilly. I hope you take it again to show us it fully open. No snow for you this year?
We have one that is flowering also. Ours is actually already open but we grow it in a cool unheated glasshouse so it might be a bit further along
This one is opening more each day, but I fear a frost may upset it soon!