For the last few years, the unofficial start to the holiday season for us has been a visit to the annual open house at Van Wingerden International, Inc., the huge propagation nursery greenhouses that are located in Mills River, NC. They supply plants that are sold in many of the big box stores year round. In early November, many of the plants they have in their acres of greenhouses are poinsettias, ready to be shipped to the market place. It's not all poinsettias, though. Here are some hibiscus in bloom. They are a favorite of mine, so I was delighted to see them in bloom in a variety of colors.
This year it seemed like most of the poinsettias were traditional reds like this one that was in a dish garden pot.
You can see why the layout of color appeals to the quilter in me!
I usually try to find a picture that I can use for a screen saver during the winter. Usually I pick a deeper color of poinsettia, but maybe this year, I will use this pale version. It's white with just a tinge of pink. What do you think?
Here's another shot that shows the densely placed pots arranged by color or variety. The greenhouses are enormous and we commented that it seems like every time we go to this open house we have spectacular weather. Today was sunny and 72 degrees... pretty darn nice weather for November! And great light for showing off all these brilliant blossoms!
Here I am amid a background of red and white plants.
And here's another colorful shot... of begonias in every imaginable hue.
I don't think you can go wrong with *any* of the photos you showed here. Maybe you should set them up to rotate as your screen saver!
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