Crocus tommasinianus has been in flower for a few days... Voles have eaten C. laevigatus fontenayi which was just getting going. The cats are not doing a perfect job nor are the owls! But I am sure they do catch most of them. Galanthus 'Magnet' is in flower too! Mark. M.W. Brown, 1924 route de la mer, 76119 Sainte Marguerite-sur-mer, France. > Message du 30/12/11 05:31 > De : Jtlehmann@aol.com > A : pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Copie à : > Objet : [pbs] What is "in bloom" now > > > Well, not quite yet in bloom, but thanks to our crazy non-winter, there are > daffodils and hyacinths and crocus emerging in my yard as of today. I can > even see a few hyacinth inflorescences, but they are barely showing > through the foliage. Right now at 9:30 pm, central standard time, it is 51 F > outside. This would have been a great year to try and establish marginally > winter hardy plants in my yard. > > --Jerry Lehmann, Olathe, KS, normally zone 5 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/