Re: Epimediums

Glad you found a morale booster, Lillian.  The funny thing is that once the
ball gets rolling, it all seems to happen so quickly.  There is so much to
do in spring that it is sometimes hard to find the time to sit back and
enjoy it.  Before you know it, summer is here.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lillian Tovey" <liltovey@hotmail.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: Epimediums


> I checked again today, and there are a couple of thing poking
> through...Irises, but no sign of the tulips, trilliums, crocus or much
else
> except sedum starting to show. Saw something else but I can't remember
what
> I planted there. I WILL get some winter aconite this year. Have been
> promising myself for a couple of years now.
> The strange thing I've noticed for a couple of years is that things seem
to
> poke up a week or so later then my all my neighbors, but maybe that's due
to
> the big trees on my lot?  Even that little bit of green made me feel
better
> though!
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
> <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
> To: <perennials@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 6:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Epimediums
>
>
> > That's surprising to me, Lillian.  I realize zone 5 in Indiana is not
the
> > same as Zone 5 everywhere else, but I'd think you'd be green by now,
> > especially since I'm more of a Zone 5a.  We will see-saw through April,
> > may
> > even get a bit of snow again, but things are budding out.  Do you plant
> > crocus, reticulata Iris, snowdrops, Hellebores,  winter aconites, glory
of
> > the snow?  These cuties will bloom early even if it is brown all around.
> > Great mood elevators.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Lillian Tovey" <liltovey@hotmail.com>
> > To: <perennials@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 2:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: Epimediums
> >
> >
> >> Very brown here. A neighbor around the corner has something yellow
> > showing,
> >> but I was driving too fast to see what it was. This shade of brown is
> > worse
> >> than all the snow. Just looks Yuck! I can't even find where my
epimediums
> >> are, let alone anything else spring-like. I know I have to be patient
for
> > a
> >> couple more weeks, but sure do envy you with stuff coming through.
> >>
> >> Lillian T
> >> Zone 5/6
> >> Georgetown Ont.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
> >> <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
> >> To: <perennials@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 5:22 PM
> >> Subject: Re: Epimediums
> >>
> >>
> >> > Went home for lunch and my Hepaticas are open!  (is that Liverleaf?)
> >> > Kitty
> >> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> > From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
> >> > <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
> >> > To: <perennials@hort.net>
> >> > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 9:22 AM
> >> > Subject: Re: Epimediums
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Daffodils open here too - several kinds.  It's another gorgeous
day -
> >> >> 70F.
> >> >> Didn't even need a jacket this am.  Expecting cooler temps and rain
> >> >> the
> >> > next
> >> >> couple of days, which is fine - we could use it.  The lows are still
> >> >> projected to stay in the 40s though.
> >> >> Kitty
> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> >> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> >> >> To: <perennials@hort.net>
> >> >> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 7:25 PM
> >> >> Subject: RE: Epimediums
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > Maybe the previous year was the year of the voles... Had unreal
> > amounts
> >> > of
> >> >> > damage last spring from them. There was an upswing of snakes last
> >> >> > summer
> >> >> > here, and based on no signs of them this winter, I am hoping
nature
> > has
> >> >> > taken it's course.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Today was the first blooming of daffodils here, so I guess spring
is
> >> >> > officially here... finally! :)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Donna
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > Anymore I only have voles under prolonged snowcover, which did
not
> >> >> happen
> >> >> > > this year.  5 cats plus a few visiting cats keep them under
> > control.
> >> >> > > That's
> >> >> > > not to say that some idiot vole didn't heed the warnings of the
> >> > others,
> >> >> > > though.  I didn't see any vole runs in the area of this Epi, no
> >> >> > > disturbance
> >> >> > > at all.
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > Kitty
> >> >> >
> >> >>
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