March photos

[Martin Bohnet]

So spring has moved into that wonderful "something new everyday" phase - Chionodoxa always was seeding around like mad, it seems now that Anemone blanda

Height:	10-20 cm (3.9-7.9 inch)
Flower Colors:	white, pink, purple, blue
Flower Season:	early spring to mid spring

followed that example in the lawn.

Corydalis solida

is always a few days sooner than my native Corydalis cava

Height:	10-20 cm (3.9-7.9 inch)
Flower Colors:	white, purple, pink
Flower Season:	early spring to mid spring
Life form:	deciduous tuber

, but I've seen the more spectacular species also stir already. Talking about seasons: someone should tell Leucojum aestivum

that aestivum means summer - but Leucojum vernum

, "Märzenbecher" (March Cups) in German, were through well before the end of February. Then again, there's once more the threat of frost so I may have to move some mediterraneans like Freesia viridis

back inside... but other odd color scheme plants are planted out and won't move - talking about you, Fritillaria sewerzowii

new entries to the collection, all planted out: the natural hybrid Anemone lipsiensis, a white form of Iris vicaria

from Janis Ruksans' Nursery and Ficaria verna

Height:	0-10 cm (0-3.9 inch)
Flower Colors:	yellow
Flower Season:	early spring to mid spring
Life form:	tuber
Climate:	USDA Zone 5-8

"Blueberries and cream" - for which you'll need perfect lighting and some imagination to have the blueberries- look on closed flowers.

[petershaw]

Geissorhiza corrugata from the bulb ex. Thanks!

We've had so much rain and cloud cover that I had to bring them into the garage and put then under one of my shop lights to get the flowers to open. I guess more light is needed early to get the twisted leaves.

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These 2 pots are still blooming. There must be something wrong with them, So what gives? Invasive?