On the 10th of January I did a quick survey of my beds while strolling down the walk toward the mailbox. I noted that narcissi, crocus, and what I took to be a stray tulip or three were breaking ground and up to a hand's
breadth high. Hyacinth are nosing through the mulch. One lone yellow crocus and a few creeping phlox and dianthus were in bloom. Don't they know that this is the middle of the bloody winter? A week ago there were a few blooms on an azalea at the end of the drive. This is happening in central East Tennessee, not the tropics. How are plants supposed to survive this sort of confusion?
On 1/16/2022 2:29 PM, John McGaw wrote:
On the 10th of January I did a quick survey of my beds while strolling down >> the walk toward the mailbox. I noted that narcissi, crocus, and what I took >> to be a stray tulip or three were breaking ground and up to a hand's
breadth high. Hyacinth are nosing through the mulch. One lone yellow crocus >> and a few creeping phlox and dianthus were in bloom. Don't they know that
this is the middle of the bloody winter? A week ago there were a few blooms >> on an azalea at the end of the drive. This is happening in central East
Tennessee, not the tropics. How are plants supposed to survive this sort of >> confusion?
Today, I pruned two rose bushes in front. The 'Honor' hybrid tea and
'4th of July' are still blooming, so I left them alone. Two roses in
back are also still blooming: floribunda 'Iceberg' and climbing 'Peace'.
African daisies on my hill started blooming. My Camellia sasanqua 'Chansonett' is covered with pink flowers. I just saw the first grape hyacinth flower spike. No, they are not confused. This is southern California. :)
On the 10th of January I did a quick survey of my beds while strolling down the walk toward the mailbox. I noted that narcissi, crocus, and what I took to be a stray tulip or three were breaking ground and up to a hand's
breadth high. Hyacinth are nosing through the mulch. One lone yellow crocus and a few creeping phlox and dianthus were in bloom. Don't they know that this is the middle of the bloody winter? A week ago there were a few blooms on an azalea at the end of the drive. This is happening in central East Tennessee, not the tropics. How are plants supposed to survive this sort of confusion?
On the 10th of January I did a quick survey of my beds while strolling
down the walk toward the mailbox. I noted that narcissi, crocus, and
what I took to be a stray tulip or three were breaking ground and up to
a hand's breadth high. Hyacinth are nosing through the mulch. One lone
yellow crocus and a few creeping phlox and dianthus were in bloom. Don't
they know that this is the middle of the bloody winter? A week ago there
were a few blooms on an azalea at the end of the drive. This is
happening in central East Tennessee, not the tropics. How are plants
supposed to survive this sort of confusion?
On the 10th of January I did a quick survey of my beds while strolling
down the walk toward the mailbox. I noted that narcissi, crocus, and
what I took to be a stray tulip or three were breaking ground and up to
a hand's breadth high. Hyacinth are nosing through the mulch. One lone
yellow crocus and a few creeping phlox and dianthus were in bloom. Don't
they know that this is the middle of the bloody winter? A week ago there
were a few blooms on an azalea at the end of the drive. This is
happening in central East Tennessee, not the tropics. How are plants
supposed to survive this sort of confusion?
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