Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Happy New Year
Have you celebrated the New Year yet? I was looking through an interesting book this morning - Seasons of America Past by Eric Sloane - and was reminded of something I had forgotten. In the English-speaking world, from the twelfth century until 1752, for civil and legal purposes, the first day of the year was March 25. If you think modern-day legalese is difficult reading, try King George's British Calendar Act of 1751, or even just the little section dealing with the Supputation of the Year. My eyes glaze over...
So another year has gone by, and I still haven't gotten the Chionodoxas sorted out yet. I have a couple of clumps, of some undetermined species, with vivid blue flowers, which grow and flower well in the woods. I'd like to have more of them, without having to wait for them to increase on their own. I thought they might be Chionodoxa sardensis, and so I ordered some bearing that name from Brent & Becky's Bulbs last fall, thinking that when those bloomed I'd be able to compare to what I had. However. The new ones haven't come up yet. I'm hoping that they're just waiting for a bit of rain and warmer temperatures, but so far I see no sign of them. :-( A 50% chance of rain was forecast for today, but the sun is out.
There's always next year, whenever that is.
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