The course of true spring never did run smooth, but it's getting off to an early start this year! How many different kinds of plants do you have blooming during mud season? Bet you I have more!
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Warm Microclimates For Earlier Blooms: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day February 2012
February 15, 2012 – Posted in: Mud Season, What's up/bloomingCrocuses and snowdrops are blooming in my northern garden. In February! In any other year, it would be preposterous. Yes, it's been an unusually mild winter, but none of my other crocuses, including all of those on the Crocus Bank, have poked up even one pointy leaf. As you probably surmised from the title, these [...]
First blooms of the year: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day March 2011
March 16, 2011 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingAbove is the view from my bathroom window, only reversed, as I took this picture outside and the window is out of sight at the back of the image. Even though it is the north side of the house, water from below thaws the soil and gives these plants an early start. It took me [...]
Snowdrops, Winter Aconites, Crocus: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day March 2010
March 15, 2010 – Posted in: Snowdrops, What's up/bloomingAnother March, another mud season in full swing. The snowdrops that had barely opened five days ago are now in full flower: The snowdrops that were buried under snow on March 7th are now in full bud, as you can see on the left. This is the path in the Secret Garden that I brag [...]
Mud Season Color: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day March 2009
March 15, 2009 – Posted in: Mud Season, What's up/bloomingAs soon as the snow melts, before anything even blooms, there is color.If you are aware that some plants can grow underneath the snow, this is not a complete surprise, though I always marvel when it is an attractive garden plant that pulls this trick, and not just the tap-rooted and creeping weeds.The first flowers [...]
Scenes from snowdrop heaven
April 12, 2008 – Posted in: Events, SnowdropsPhoto of Temple Nursery snowdrop courtesy Craig Cramer. All rights reserved.True to his word, Craig of Ellis Hollow did indeed visit the Temple Nursery on Open Garden Day, and took pictures. If you haven't stopped over to read his account and get a glimpse of the variety possible within the genus Galanthus, now would be [...]
Visit Snowdrop Heaven: The Temple Nursery
March 27, 2008 – Posted in: Events, SnowdropsMy main snowdrop "patch" exactly a year ago. They are not so far along this year. Click the photo for a close-upWith all my blathering on about snowdrops, I almost forgot to mention that Hitch Lyman's garden will be the Garden Conservancy's first New York state event for their 2008 Open Garden Days on April [...]
Snowdrops: When Does a Bud Become a Bloom?
March 16, 2008 – Posted in: SnowdropsYou tell me: do I have blooms for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day? These snowdrops are the furtherest along of all that I have. They have "dropped"; that is, their buds are no longer pointing up, but have been released from their sheaths and are hanging from their pedicels. Now these… These are unquestionably blooming snowdrops--but [...]
My first glimpse of snowdrops
December 30, 2007 – Posted in: SnowdropsIt got up to 51 F yesterday, so I took a walk to see what I could see. And what did I see, but my first glimpse of snowdrops: What! You can't see them? Look closer: Oh…you didn't think I meant snowdrop flowers, did you? For that you'll have to wait another two-and-a-half months. Seriously.
Snowdrop division: The patient gardener is rewarded
March 27, 2007 – Posted in: SnowdropsGood things come to those who wait. At least ten years ago, I planted the first of these snowdrops lining the path to the Secret Garden. You will have to click on the photo to enlarge it in order to see them, because they are the ones way in the back, on the far side [...]
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