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saw my first crocus today...

19 years ago

and i also have winterflowering jasmine, mahonia, yarrow,and rosemary blooming too. My camillia, which normally is in full bloom by now, has lots of buds but only an odd flower or two. Anything blooming in your garden?

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  • 19 years ago

    I kept meaning to start this thread myself! I have daffodils blooming in my yard already! Although I suspect they must actually be some form of yellow paperwhite, because they bloom so early every year. My rosemary is blooming, too. I'll be out there this weekend, so I'll look around carefully to see if there's anything else. One thing I did notice is self-sown nasturtiums popping up everywhere (not blooming, of course, just sprouting).

  • 19 years ago

    My daphne odora started blooming today - about 6 weeks ahead of schedule. I think that's it. I'll have to check around tomorrow for anything else.

  • 19 years ago

    Some specie Crocus are in full bloom, poking up through the fallen leaves and pine needles. A few Tulips have foliage, but no blooms yet. Several species of Helleborus are in bloom, some into their 3rd week. Saw the first bloom today on Hepatica americana, a pink one.
    Some of the Camellia japonica have been in bloom since early December. Only the pinks and reds, so far, my white one's are always later. The cold blast of 18F for 2 nights turned all of the open flowers brown, but they have fallen off and have been replaced by fresh one's, until the next deep freeze.
    The Daphne odora are beginning to bloom, I'm looking forward to the lovely fragrance that will accompany the flowers.
    So far, I haven't seen any aerial pollinators around to perform their necessary function. Maybe they are cautious or sense a forthcoming very cold spell that could doom them.

    The red berried Hollies that I always enjoy during the winter have been picked clean by the Robins and Rufous-sided Towhee's. Not a single berry remains. As far as I can determine, they haven't touched the Nandinas yet.

    Out there among hundreds of long dead Hosto leaves, are 2 plants (NOID's), that doesn't know that winter has arrived and show no signs of going dormant! If something doesn't happen soon, they are doomed, since that Genus HAS to have a long dormant period to thrive.

    Another anomaly, is a couple of native Jack-in-the-Pulpit's decided it is spring and are up and flowering. They also survived, apparently untouched by the Alberta Clipper that dropped the temperature to 18 degrees F.

    However unusual, I am still enjoying the Mini-spring and try to work in the garden, with frequent breaks for iced tea and to cool off! I have very little shade during the winter months. The soil is really too wet to till today, as yesterday's showers deposited 3.30 inches of water and not much runoff was necessary.
    RB

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