Re: Blooms
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  • Subject: Re: Blooms
  • From: Z* <z*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 19:35:58 -0600
My vinca major is blooming as well. 

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 2, 2012, at 7:14 PM, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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