Comments on: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: January 2008 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:06:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: February 2008 | Cold Climate Gardening http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-34923 Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: February 2008 | Cold Climate Gardening Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:38:49 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/#comment-34923 [...] of you, I am sure, thought I was being overly pessimistic when I said the snowdrops sprouting in January wouldn’t be blooming in a month. As you can see above, my assessment of how things would go [...] [...] of you, I am sure, thought I was being overly pessimistic when I said the snowdrops sprouting in January wouldn’t be blooming in a month. As you can see above, my assessment of how things would go [...]

]]> By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-32502 Kathy Purdy Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:55:32 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/#comment-32502 MSS--I think the situation with violas is similar to that of columbines. There is so much interbreeding that it is hard to distinguish species at this point. Johnny-jump-ups are listed in catalogs as <em>Viola tricolor</em>. I don't know if I have ever grown <em>V. cornuta</em> or not, but it always looks to me to be a solid color version of the tricolor. I think pansies, at this point, are complex hybrids that have larger blossoms that are rounder in appearance. When I have had Johnny-jump-ups growing near pansies, the two interbreed and intermediate sized blooms are on some of the plants that self-sow. MSS–I think the situation with violas is similar to that of columbines. There is so much interbreeding that it is hard to distinguish species at this point. Johnny-jump-ups are listed in catalogs as Viola tricolor. I don’t know if I have ever grown V. cornuta or not, but it always looks to me to be a solid color version of the tricolor. I think pansies, at this point, are complex hybrids that have larger blossoms that are rounder in appearance. When I have had Johnny-jump-ups growing near pansies, the two interbreed and intermediate sized blooms are on some of the plants that self-sow.

]]> By: Diane M. Schuller http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-32300 Diane M. Schuller Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:25:16 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/#comment-32300 sorry I didn't get here for GBBD. I'm catching up on a few today. I actually did go outside to find the beauty despite the cold and snow :) Aren't those Johnny Jump ups just the most intrepid of sassy faces? I love 'em. Sometimes we still have them showing their faces in November, peeking through the snow. But eventually the weather and snow tuck 'em in for winter! Diane sorry I didn’t get here for GBBD. I’m catching up on a few today. I actually did go outside to find the beauty despite the cold and snow :)

Aren’t those Johnny Jump ups just the most intrepid of sassy faces? I love ‘em. Sometimes we still have them showing their faces in November, peeking through the snow. But eventually the weather and snow tuck ‘em in for winter!

Diane

]]> By: mss @ Zanthan Gardens http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-32064 mss @ Zanthan Gardens Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:36:58 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/#comment-32064 Yes we Austinites do have snow envy. Mine hits hardest in December, though, because I'm dreaming of that white Christmas that I've never ever had. But looking at your photos, (or Layanee's) convinces me that I'd wither away as quickly as the cosmos if I had to live in that cold. I get confused over the names of violas and Johnny-Jump-Ups. Are they the same? And what's the difference between Viola tricolor and Viola cornuta. Is one the bigger pansy? Plant labels from the nursery have only confused me more as I've had the same plant marked with all these different labels. Yes we Austinites do have snow envy. Mine hits hardest in December, though, because I’m dreaming of that white Christmas that I’ve never ever had. But looking at your photos, (or Layanee’s) convinces me that I’d wither away as quickly as the cosmos if I had to live in that cold.

I get confused over the names of violas and Johnny-Jump-Ups. Are they the same? And what’s the difference between Viola tricolor and Viola cornuta. Is one the bigger pansy? Plant labels from the nursery have only confused me more as I’ve had the same plant marked with all these different labels.

]]> By: Don http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-31998 Don Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:44:47 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/#comment-31998 Kathy, well, last year at this time I had snowdrops blooming. This year (except for one Galanthus reginae-olgae that's been blooming since November), all I've got is snow and ice, with fifteen below predicted for this weekend. Sigh. Kathy,
well, last year at this time I had snowdrops blooming. This year (except for one Galanthus reginae-olgae that’s been blooming since November), all I’ve got is snow and ice, with fifteen below predicted for this weekend. Sigh.

]]> By: Dee/reddirtramblings.com http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-31989 Dee/reddirtramblings.com Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:53:27 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/#comment-31989 Kathy, Love the contrast between the two weeks. Good post, and keep looking for pretties. If you checked out my garden, you wouldn't see much more. I don't have snow, but we're supposed to have more ice next week. Kathy,

Love the contrast between the two weeks. Good post, and keep looking for pretties. If you checked out my garden, you wouldn’t see much more. I don’t have snow, but we’re supposed to have more ice next week.

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-31977 Bonnie Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:27:22 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/#comment-31977 It's funny being here in warm weather (although today we have a high in the mid 40s) and having a bit of snow envy. It’s funny being here in warm weather (although today we have a high in the mid 40s) and having a bit of snow envy.

]]> By: wiseacre http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-31964 wiseacre Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:57:26 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/#comment-31964 Nothing blooming north of the Adirondacks but I did find green. Usually that's a sign spring is just around the corner but this year it's a false impression. Nothing blooming north of the Adirondacks but I did find green. Usually that’s a sign spring is just around the corner but this year it’s a false impression.

]]> By: Curtis http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-31935 Curtis Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:40:16 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/#comment-31935 Your yard is doing better than mine though Kathy. I have not a solitary bloom outdoors. Your yard is doing better than mine though Kathy. I have not a solitary bloom outdoors.

]]> By: CurtissAnn http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-31903 CurtissAnn Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:02:23 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/15/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-january-2008/#comment-31903 I am picking up the habit from all you gardeners. As I passed the flower bed at the post office today, I noticed what I believe are daffodil leaves sprouting. Understandable here in OK, amazing to me what you have growing up there, Kathy! Thanks for the pictures. I am picking up the habit from all you gardeners. As I passed the flower bed at the post office today, I noticed what I believe are daffodil leaves sprouting. Understandable here in OK, amazing to me what you have growing up there, Kathy! Thanks for the pictures.

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