Re: end of March ??
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] end of March ??
- From: L* C*
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 13:15:34 EST
In a message dated 03/31/2000 10:08:18 AM Pacific Standard Time,
zumach@EXECPC.COM writes:
> 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
>
Hi Hank
You are ahead of me and I am USDA zone 7/8! Sunset Western zone 4. So far
Tete a Tete are my only daffodils blooming. Viola odorata cultivars are in
full bloom. One of my Brunneras is in bloom. Pulmonarias and Tiarellas have
put up bloom stalks but none are blooming yet.
Lillian
So. Calif Mtns, 5000 ft.
