Judy,

Do you have the white Japanese skunk cabbage? I have some two year old seedlings I'm bringing to the Green Elephant. The swamp is in great shape after all the rain.

Happy New Year,

Jim

That's amazing...and a hopeful (or wishful) sign that spring is around the corner. Wish the days weren't so short. I could grow rice here.

Nothing exotic....this is just the native skunk cabbage in my creek. Today after Saturday's rain the water is so high and fast that I can't see it.....hope it survives!
I always watch for the first one to appear and this is about 3 weeks earlier than I ususally find it....but perhaps I just haven't looked closely enough this early. jwww

very cool! I'll have to start scouting out places around Vancouver and see what I find...

My Hamamelis 'Jelena' is blooming, too, a nice companion to the Cornus 'Midwinter Fire' twigs next to it. A big part of my focus in our front yard is fall and winter interest, nice to see some of the pieces falling into place and working well.

Anyone else have anything blooming?

I also have Viburnum bodnantense 'Dawn' which began blooming in early Novemer when it still had all of its maroon fall leaves, bloomed through the cold snap (with damage of course), and continues to bloom. Normally seems to bloom for me in February. Helleborus foetidus has been right on schedule, showing bloom color since early December. A few primroses with rain browned blooms........I'm sure others have a lot more. jwww