Re: Northern Blooms

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• To: g*@hort.net
• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Northern Blooms
• From: Donna g*@sbcglobal.net
• Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 03:44:08 -0800 (PST)
• In-reply-to: 00db01c4f146$85a67560$05ec3544@newhvn01.in.comcast.net

not sure what is growing out there, (been too busy
with open houses and seasonal stuff), but the weather
here is once again strange.... currently having a
thunderstorm, and this is January in IL! Glad the
temps held out or this could have been a bad ice storm
or a lot of snow :)

Donna

--- Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:

> Sheri,
> I'm in Ft. Wayne.  I planted saffron about 15 yrs
> ago and they bloomed
> reliably in the fall for a few years, but eventually
> petered out.  However,
> there were still2 blooming this past year.  I've
> planted them at the
> extension office but they didn't come up.  I assumed
> rodents got them.
> 
> Temps have been strange, it's possible the snow
> crocus have sent up some
> shoots.  But I haven't seen it here yet.  Usually
> Feb or March.
> 
> Kitty
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sheri Ann Richerson"
> <SheriAnnRicherson@exoticgardening.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 7:48 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Northern Blooms
> 
> 
> > Kitty,
> >
> > Roses blooming in December and January seem odd to
> me! If I didn't see it
> > myself I wouldn't believe it. I was so thrilled
> last year to have at least
> > one plant in bloom all twelve months!
> >
> > I am in Marion - where are you?
> >
> > The saffron is not blooming, just growing. Mine
> are new this fall. I had
> > some before and they never bloomed either. Do they
> take a couple years to
> > get established or is there a trick to them?
> >
> > The snow crocuses are up but no blooms yet. I
> think it is odd they are up
> > already but I have never grown them before so I
> have no idea what to
> expect.
> >
> > Sheri
> >
> >
>
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