Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
Last month, I said this month would be different. Thanks to the recent warm spell, I was right. The cold weather of February and early March slowed everything down quite a lot, but we're bloomin' now.
The list:
- Crocus 'Ruby Giant', 'Cream Beauty', and another one.
- Narcissus obvallaris, 'Tete-a-tete', 'Ice Follies', 'Midget' and my mystery.
- Scilla sibirica (no picture, they're kind of sparse yet).
- Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop). Still hanging in there.
- Muscari armeniacum.
- Hellebore 'Royal Heritage Strain'. I'm in between 'Pine Knot Strain' blooms. The early ones either froze or are finished. Some others are still coming along, but not much to look at yet.
- Viola, unknown species/variety.
- Eranthis hyemalis (Winter Aconite). I hesitate to include this - technically it's still blooming, but the flowers withered as soon as the weather got warm.
- Rosemary. These are looking very sad after the cold snap, but I think the plants will come around. Not so sure about the rest of the flowers on these plants - I was surprised to see any at all.
- Some cruciferous weed which I haven't bothered to identify. It's not only blooming, it's going to seed already. No, I'm not going to post a picture.
Labels: in bloom
9 Comments:
You've got a nice list of plants in bloom today. What fun that we have many in common. My winter aconites and snowdrops are long gone though.
Dutch gardens are usually very green because of all the rain we get. Our climate is similar to that of England and you know how green and wet that is. ;-)
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Great list! I was interested to see that you're "between Pine Knot Strain" blooms... do you notice that some of the colors bloom sooner than others? My white one is in full bloom but the darker pink ones are all just in bud.
I had thought at first that it might be a microclimate thing, as the white one happens to be in the front yard but all three of the dark pinks are in the backyard... and wondered why that would happen since the back yard appears to be warmer than the front at this time of the year. (So you would think it would happen the other way around.)
But now that you say you have some early and some late, I was wondering if you know that the color makes a difference?
You were right, March is much different than February! Thanks for participating again.
Great list. I love the lone little viola flower you have there. And how nice that you've had the plant for 20 years without having it seed too much everywhere.
I love the sweet violet! Does it have a lovely scent?
And the little midget daffodil is darling!
Very nice assortment, Entangled~ if I could grow crocus the Ruby Giant would have to be one of them, so I could have 'Glowing purple', too.
Rosemary may look a little beat up, but it's there... and how many of us can grow both Rosemary and Hellebores?
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Yolanda Elizabet: Likewise, thanks for stopping by! It helps to see greenness in other places while we're waitng here.
Blackswamp_girl: Interesting question about the colors on the Pine Knot Hellebores. Here, at least, the colors don't seem to have anything to do with how early they bloom. I had both a dark red/pink and a pale green/blush pink blooming in January. The ones that are still to bloom are dark red/purple/pink (what is that color anyway?) and something lighter. The lighter one hasn't bloomed before, so I'm not sure how it's going to turn out. These are all planted next to each other, BTW.
Carol: Thanks for thinking of this - it's fun!
Christa: I've been admiring your blog (and recipes!) for some time now - just never got around to leaving a comment before.
Salix Tree: I keep reading that violets are scented, but none of mine have read those books. ;-( Or maybe I just can't detect the scent?
Annie: I've never been able to figure out whether northern Virginia is in the south or the north, horticulturally-speaking. It seems to be different every year.
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Ah... there goes that theory, then! lol. Maybe another crazy idea will come to me to explain it later. Thanks for satisfying my curiousity. :)
(And I don't know what that red/purple/pink color should be called, either, but I think it might be my favorite for the Pine Knots!)
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