Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Friday, January 05, 2007
More Flowers
Would you believe even more spring flowers are out? They may a little mud-splattered after today's rain, but I think there will be even more soon. We're expecting close to record high temperatures tomorrow (70ish). Then back to reality for next week. In the meantime, look what's in bloom.
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How weird! I have some perennials coming up that should still be sleeping, and all of my garlics and ornamental allium bulbs are between 6-8inches tall. NONE of my spring bulbs have so much as broken through the soil, though. I'm just wondering if they didn't have enough cold time yet?
Interesting thought about the cold temp requirement for spring bulbs. Except for a brief period in early December, we haven't had any cold weather to speak of. Somebody, somewhere must have written an authoritative guide to the amount of exposure to cold temperatures needed for flowering for various species. It seems the recommendations for forcing always say 6-8 weeks, but that must be just a generality. I didn't expect to ever have to think about whether the plants were getting chilled enough here. Who knows, anymore?
The bulbs here are all in various stages of development - some of the daffodils are blooming and others are just barely starting to push up some leaves. Two different crocuses are blooming now, but others are not showing any leaves at all yet. Some of the more recently planted snowdrops are still quite dormant (or dead?) too. I never got my garlic planted last fall and I'm going to be really sorry about that in the spring and summer.
I should have some more pictures of spring flowers posted in a day or two. The entire clump of 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation' is blooming now.
Hi, just found your blog. I am in SW VA. And my bulbs are about 2" out of the ground. My neighbors phlox is blooming and I saw some forsythia blooming on my way to work this morning. What wonky weather.
Definitely unusual weather. I saw purple plum trees blooming in Charlottesville over the weekend. But just now, I read on CapitalWeather.com that January of 1950 was the all-time warmest January here.
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