Could you please post some pictures, either on alpine-l or the NARGS Forum? My garden is locked in by snow and now ice coming on top of that. It would be so wonderful to see some pictures of spring happening somewhere! Anne Spiegel Hudson Valley, New York State Z 4b/5a no one really knows anymore It's been below zeroF a lot this winter but only in single digits
-----Original Message----- From: Brian Whyer <[email protected]> To: the Electronic Rock Garden Society postings copyright byauthors.Alpine-L <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jan 18, 2011 11:10 am Subject: [Alpine-l] Spring flowers After all the snow a few weeks back, and several inches of rain since, things are waking up here in SE UK. Last week the intense red form of Cyclamen coum started flowering and today the first eranthis opened, with many more uncurling. Forgotten in a shaded cold frame I found a pot of seed grown Helleborus thibetanus, with soft pale pink flowers. Many snowdrops are starting to flower and Iris 'George' and 'Kathryn Hodgin' look eager to get going. Scilla mischtschenkoana is peeping through pale blue and already showing slug activity. The fat buds of some large alliums and various paeonia are glowing pink. All of these join the Narcissus romieuxii types that have been in flower for 2 months, buried in snow for a time, just outside the south facing kinchen window. Out walking this morning I noticed a small front lawn, in front of a south facing flint faced terrace, full of small daffodils with the heads already bending over. Brian Whyer, Buckinghamsire, England, zone ~8 _______________________________________________ lpine-l mailing list [email protected] ttp://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
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