In the pleasure grounds

Blooming are lantana, thunbergia, nasturtiums (now beginning their second winter in pots!), potted geraniums, fennel, hyacinth bean, and the first of the paperwhite narcissi, from dumped pots of forced bulbs. Showing more evidence of their presence are ranunculus, anemones, and Dutch ireses. Pink oxalis loves this weather and is blooming everywhere. Our monarch chrysalis with bejeweled granulations is still there, not having been carried away by any of these gusty winds.