Here in Southwest Virginia (nominal z6b, but it looks like the lowest
temperature here this winter will be about 15°F, which we hit back in
November), my first seed-grown Cyclamen (arrived as purpurascens, but
clearly C.
coum) is blooming for the first time. I missed a single auricula primrose
bloom a few days ago. This is the second consecutive winter here that the
winter-foliage Lycoris haven't been frost-killed - maybe I'll finally pick
up some L. chinensis and L. sanguinea this year.
The Narcissus that's naturalized all over the farm is maybe a week away
from showing color in the most sheltered spots; no sign of Galanthus
nivalis or G. woronowii yet.
-joe
On Sun, Jan 26, 2020, 7:46 PM Jim McKenney via pbs <
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
> Here, just north of Washington, D.C., things are popping here and there.
> Snowdrops have been in bloom since mid-November; those were various
> Galanthus elwesii selections; now the main run of garden hybrids has
> started. And Helleborus niger cultivars ('Jacob' and 'Josef Lemper') have
> been blooming for weeks. . Helleborus foetidus, my favorite hellebore, is
> also blooming now. Winter jasmine, allowed to run up into a plum yew, is
> now a cascading cloud of yellow blooms. Two days ago winter aconites
> started (suddenly it seemed to me) to show color, and buds of Camellia
> japonica are enlarging and just barely showing red petal color. No sign of
> bloom on Cyclamen coum yet. The week ahead is predicted to be mild, so the
> next list should be longer. Jim McKenneyMontgomery County, Maryland, USA,
> USDA zone 7, where two hardy palms, both Rhapidophyllum hystrix, laugh from
> their cozy niches at our winters.
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