In Western Australia the seasons seem very late this year, should have all the hot weather in January (mid summer) - now its Autumn we are getting the hot 40 degrees (100ish F) cheers Angela ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 3:41 AM Subject: [pbs] Spring? > Dear friends; > With more than a month to average last frost, the "spring' > garden has gone bonkers way ahead of schedule. > Within the last few days I have seen signs more typical or > April than of March -and some actually began in Feb.! > > Iris (Juno) 'Sindpers' opened its first flower and most other > Junos are up and a few show buds. > > Daffodils- Not just the early ones like 'Rynveld's Early > Sensation ' (which was way earlier and got severely frosted) but > later ones like 'Ice Follies' and 'Gigantic Star' as well as > Campernelle and N obvallaris. > > Drancuculusvulgaris is up and emerging from its sheaths . > > Iris tigridia in flower (mid-end of April?) Reticulatas past peak. > > Crocus almost all done except for big vernus cvs liike > Pickwick and such. The smaller earlier sieberi and Tommies are about > done already! > > Cyclamen coum beyond peak-already. Anemone blanda starting up. > > And tree, shrubs and herbaceous perennials are all budding up > and expanding like it is the end of April. This is seriously > dangerous as we are readily subject to temps down to the teens before > Mid April. We can have an odd snow in May! I just hope we don't get > the possible freeze damage ahead. > > Our earliest Magnolia (M. zennii) has had all of its flowers > frozen and turned brown, too. This is about a 50/50 chance each year > at best. > > Yesterday tied a record high of 78 degrees here. Hang on for > the ride - 100 degrees in June? May? > > Best Jim W. > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >