Re: Bloom time 7a.

Harry,
I drive from East TN down to Hilton Head every year the end of January
(this is my 15th year, can hardly believe it). One of my greatest joys is
seeing the A. rubrum in full bloom along the interstate. Some years they
are a blaze of red that you can see rushing towards you for a mile, it
seems. Other years pale orange, yellow, dull red.

My Hamamelis 'Arnold Promise' will be in bloom when I return from HH...This
cultivar is far from 'flowers: inconspicuous' !! Unfortunately, my return
usually coincides with the onset of "real" winter here in Tennessee..

And you are right about the hollies, too. What gives there, I wonder? I
have several, all heavily berried..One of them, a 15 ft tall English holly,
is so loaded down that the branches are arching almost to the ground, like
they look when covered with 6 in of wet snow.

Gerry

P.S. How wonderful it would be to have one's very own stand of timber
bamboo! I could build the world! How do you "cure" it?

At 01:57 PM 1/2/00 EST, Harry wrote:
 >
>acer rubrum is starting it's pale pale bloom season here, which with the many
>strains of native acer will provide a pale flash of color in the skies till
>mid march.  one of the wonderful things about winter, is driving down thru
>central and south georgia and seeing the varied color expressions of the acer
>rubrum, not to mention it's many new cultivars.
>
>next to my huge burfordi holly, which has it's showiest berry presence in
>years, my hamamelis virginiana has begun it's bloom also.  this is one that
>was to be appreciated close up, as the tiny yellow flowers are the picture
>book definition of    Flowers: inconspicous.
>
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