RE: A great trip

Betsy, it really is a boost to have a fragrant bloomer in the house.  Two
buds on my hyacinth opened at the bottom and started emitting their perfume
this morning!!!  My outdoor hyacinths are usually fully up before any of the
blooms on the stalk open up.  Do they react differently when grown indoors?
(It's a lovely blue variety.)  

The amaryllis continue their amazing vertical growth with two bloom stems
each.  The buds are fattening up greatly.  I keep turning them because they
try to reach for the light by the door's window and I fear they would turn
the pot over with their exuberance to reach that natural lighting.  Bill's
bamboo has also grown enthusiastically this past week or so.  The coleus I
keep by the kitchen window (though very small from a start last fall) is
blooming!  The odd plant that that I can't identify must be an herb.  The
thick fleshy, velvet medium green leaves add a fabulous flavor when cooked
with meet.) It too is showing a bit of new growth.  

I think I'll go around the house (upstairs and basement) and check all the
other plants.  Who knows what I'll find.

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Betsy Kelson
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:34 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] A great trip

Bonnie,
        I agree with you about plant withdrawal. Living in the high country,
spring is at least three months away(Mid-May). I currently have two paper
whites bloomng along with a purple hyacinth. The house is a little
overwhelming with fragrance right now. My amaryllis will be blooming next
and of course my geraniums have never really stopped flowering.>


betsy

should be 60 in DEnver today
> In any case, anything green and blooming inside is heaven sent.  Bill 
> has been picking up little bouquets for me since everything has gone 
> dormant
so
> I won't go into withdrawal, too.  However, to have the good fortune to 
> go
to
> a wonderful show at this time of year is a fabulous thing!!!  It's not
just
> a "tide over" but a soul renewal!!!  I'm so tickled for you!
>
> Blessings,
> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
> Of Cersgarden@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:41 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] A great trip
>
> Ohh, I wish we could all go!   Thanks Donna, Pam & Auralie.   Pam, I can
> smell the daffs in bloom but will need to settle for forced hyacinths 
> for now.
>      Ceres
>
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