Hello, And then theres my Z5 garden a half and hour to the south of Jim Waddick. My Narcissus are just starting. Waitieri(?) is showing buds again and as many as 2 dozen seedlings sprouting around it! My Hellebores are in prime bloom with little damage besides some of the flowers losing there sexual bits. Why is my garden so different? Well, we have extremely different soils, i.e. mine is full of limestone bedrock and Jim has no stone. Mine is gummy clay when wet, rock when dry, and only "perfect" soil after the late winter freeze thaw cycle. Jims is Loess, I think. Maybe mine holds the cold in in better or something. Jims slope faces west and mine faces south so we both get the brunt of the suns heat in the winter. No Aroids showing yet. The Magnolia stellata are slightly browned, but when are they not? Not much distance between us but, extremely different timing on the plants. All the best, Aaron Floden Z5 Stilwell, KS --- Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@starpower.net> wrote: > My condolences to Jim Waddick and others who are on > the receiving end of > this year's bizarre and bad weather conditions. A > ninety percent loss of > hellebore flowers and ten to thirty percent loss of > daffodil flowers are > losses I've never experienced - and never want to > experience. > > Incidentally, Jim Waddick's zone 5 Kansas City > garden seems to be on about > the same schedule as my zone 7 Montgomery County, > Maryland garden. > > Jim McKenney > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com/