Re: Blooms
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  • Subject: Re: Blooms
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 19:14:03 -0600
same issue here.  my leatherleaf mahonia has been blooming for 3 weeks
already!   my vinca minor is blooming a month early, also daffodils here
too.   it's craziness.

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 6:09 PM, James Singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:

> One issue that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere is most worrisome to me.
> That
> is as the heat zones trek northward, the photoperiodism doesn't... so
> plants
> that depend on a certain day length to emerge, may emerge to get fried.
>
>
> There are 40 million poor persons in the United States. Why?
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 2, 2012, at 3:58 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES wrote:
>
> > Yes, I saw fleas on my dogs in Jan even with Frontline.
> >
> >
> > B
> > ETN Zone 7
> > Remember the River Raisin, the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, 911.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Catharine Carpenter" <cathycrc@comcast.net>
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 6:41:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Blooms
> >
> > My issue with the temperature is that we will not have the
> > overwintering insect kill that we should have, which means that
> > gardeners and especially our farmers will have to deal with more
> > insect depredation during the upcoming growing season.
> > Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> >
> > On Feb 2, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Zemuly wrote:
> >
> >> My hellebores have been blooming for weeks. Like you and your plowing
> >> bill, I'm grateful my gas bill hasn't been through the roof. Our
> >> garden
> >> center looks great with a new shipment of evergreens.
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On Feb 2, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >>> You're a bit ahead of us, Zem, but we're not far behind.
> >>> I have daffodils up several inches. My quince has large
> >>> pink buds just a few days from opening. This is the
> >>> first year in the 40 that we have lived here that our pond
> >>> has not frozen totally enough for skating, and today it is
> >>> almost totally free of ice. Hellebores are up several inches.
> >>>
> >>> Last winter we had a heavy snow cover from early December
> >>> until March, and my perennial bed came through beautifully,
> >>> even the things that were marginally hardy, even though we
> >>> had extreme cold for a good part of the winter. This year we
> >>> have no snow cover - the ground is not even frozen. There have
> >>> been a couple of cold spells - down into the single digits for
> >>> one or two nights - but bounced right back up. Crazy! I'm
> >>> sure many things will suffer. I've tried to cover my beds with
> >>> leaves and cut Christmas tree branches, but I'm sure that has
> >>> not been enough protection from the wide temperature swings.
> >>>
> >>> Oh well, at least we haven't had a big plowing bill - yet.
> >>> Auralie
> >>>
> >>> In a message dated 2/2/2012 2:05:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >>> zemuly@comcast.net writes:
> >>>
> >>> Not only do I have daffodils blooming, the Magnolia soulangeana is
> >>> ready
> >>> to burst into bloom. Bridal wreath spirea and forsythia are in full
> >>> array. One freeze and I could have a sad spring. In the meanwhile
> >>> it's
> >>> at least 70 and sunny today.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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