Re: SPRING!!!
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- Subject: Re: SPRING!!!
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 09:54:45 -0700 (MST)
Paul and Heather Bruhn wrote:
However,
> I HAVE SEEN THE FIRST SNOWDROP OF SPRING!
> Here in town, on the Penn State campus, is a tiny little park planted with
> lots of lovely flowers of varieties atypical of most campus gardens.
> There's a hardy little clump of snowdrops in there that has to be my
> favorite plant because it's my little herald of Spring. Last year, when the
> snowdrop bloomed, my I. reticulatas weren't far behind, and within a few
> weeks I had daffodils. So when the snowdrop peeked up through the snow last
> week and finally bloomed yesterday, I knew Spring wasn't far behind.
>
> In Pennsylvania we need these signs--last year our Spring wasn't until late
> April/early May!
>
> Heather Bruhn.
>
> ps--you know I'll be buying snowdrop bulbs this Fall, don't you?
Heather,
Here our spring harbingers are the daffofils followed by the snowdrops
and then the reticulatas. Yes, the snowdrops are a wonderful plant
producing more and more stems each year. McClure & Zimmerman is
offering a Leucojum (snowdrop) called "Gravetye Giant" which bears up to
9 flowers per stem. The typical variety bears 2 to 5.
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central California--where the temp is supposed to be in the high 60's
today and sunny.
zone 8
