At the same time, here in SE Pennsylvania, our temperature is threatening to reach 80F today. That should do a thorough job of shortening the lives of my crocuses. The C. chrysanthus and tommasinianus are in full bloom along with Iris reticulata. Galanthus elwesii is almost done, and Eranthis hyemalis basically gone. I am planning a visit to Longwood Gardens tomorrow to see the early bulbs - I fear I have missed them. Well, the clivias should be good. Best regards, Dell -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lee Poulsen Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 2:53 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Bulbs in the snow On Mar 12, 2006, at 6:07 PM, Susan Hayek wrote: >> woody plants had survived the recent freeze, and someone sitting near >> me >> commented that he had no right to say that so soon after the freeze. >> Quite >> right! It takes a while to see the real results of low temperature in >> winter. I am not counting my hebes until I see them next July. > > **heheheheheh. > > My species fuchsias are looking pretty sad, same with my tall > impatiens. > The cannas and colocasia are down to the ground and even my tree > dahlias got frozen pretty badly. > > I slipped out on the cold nights and covered the Lachenalias with > towels, most of them are looking good. > This is the coldest it has been all winter. This is more typical of January cold weather. The weather service says the last time it got this cold this late in the year in California was back in 1896. A few leaves on my bananas got radiation frosted and look dead, but none of the bulbs show any sign that they minded the weather even though we have had frost on the lawn and the cars every morning for the past few days. (The air temperature was only in the mid- to high-30s °F at night.) --Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USDA Zone 10a _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php