What's Blooming Now - November, Denver to Boulder

Easy answer to the question, "What blooms in November between Boulder and Denver?" - not much!

We've already had two heavy snowfalls (6-8") and lots of below-freezing night temperatures. Still, in my backyard walk this afternoon I found one bloomer, and several plants still showing some nice color.

This gentle little cyclamen was the only true flower in bloom this mid-November day in my Arvada garden, between Denver and Boulder. I planted her a couple of years ago and forgot about her until she peeked out from under fallen apple tree leaves.

If you read up about cyclamen, you'll see statements such as, 'hardy even in the most hostile of garden environments, the dry shade', 'maintenance-free', and 'long-lived'. But don't try planting cyclamen you got from a flower shop in the Denver area's high plains climate. Get hardy cyclamen, which does have smaller blossoms but will reward you with a sweet surprise even when everything else has turned in for the winter.

I also saw some flowering cabbage still going strong, and several plants still showing some green, a little red, and the yellow leaves of the apple tree still holding on, bright against a perfect blue sky.

Winter can be hard on gardeners in the high plains country, where mostly what we see is brown and dead-looking. But most of these plants that show their long life well into early winter are also early arrivers in the spring. So, when they're gone in the next few weeks, I know I'll see them again soon!

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I write posts on real estate issues and local events in the Denver metro area, especially those *communities between Denver and Boulder, as a public service.

My hope is to give people an idea of the ‘flavor’ of our community, in case they’re new or moving to the Denver area.

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