Re: end of March ??

I'm getting suspicious of that zone thingee... seems it's at best one of
the important variables, no? My neighbor has lots of stuff blooming that's
just starting to bud in my yard. And I'd love to know what the UofM
gardeners feed their flowers -- their tulips are unbelievable, thousands
and thousands of them...

s.



At 08:38 AM 3/31/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Hank
>
>Wow!  You're in zone 4 and I'm in 5b/6 and we had a fairly mild winter.  I
have almost all of the plants you mention, but only the crocus, snowdrops,
erica and iris reticulata are in bloom. Tulips and daffs are only up a
couple of inches.  Someone from another list who lives out west in zone 3,
I think, said she would soon have to mow her lawn.  Crazy weather.
>
>Penny in Halifax, N.S.
>
>>>> zumach@EXECPC.COM 03/31/00 12:49AM >>>
>Hi All---.This may not mean much to all you southern (everyone warmer than
zone 4) folks but here is today's list of my BLOOMING plants here in the
"frozen tundra" :crocus, snow drops, scilla, grape hyacinths, daffodils,
tulips (one variety), vinca minor, pulmonaria, pasque flower, glory of the
snow, johnny jump ups, blood root, dutchman's britches, primrose, miniature
iris and several more that don't occur to me right now.  Everything is so
far ahead of normal its spooky.  If this keeps up the words "southern
blight" may taken on a whole new flavor this summer.  Hmm, suddenly I've
got this yen for some grits and a little okra.
>
>Hank Zumach
>Stoddard, WI
>zone 4B
>
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