iN PHOTOS: Summer flowers add colour to winter gardens in Okanagan, Kamloops

Unseasonably warm winter temperatures are bringing a variety of garden flowers to bloom in an array of colours in Kamloops and the Okanagan, adding a bit of cheer to the so far snowless season.

From yellow roses, to pansies, snap dragons and primulas, there are so many different flowers to see at a very unusual time of year.

Do you have a bloom in your garden this winter? Send photos to news@infonews.ca.

A violet primula in a Kelowna garden bloomed just after Christmas. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Roni Carson

These aubratia flowers shine bright in a Kelowna garden. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Anne Leier

This forsythia bloomed in the Okanagan just before Christmas. SUBMITTED/ Laidee Lantana

Purple pansies are blooming in Coldstream. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Andrea Lindsay

Hellebores are blooming in Kamloops. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Karen Harmatuk

A honeysuckle vine burst into bloom in Kamloops. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Shawna Marie

Purple pansies are blooming in Coldstream. , These violas are blooming in Salmon Arm. Credit: SUBMITTED/ Richard Templin

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