Miscellaneous spring bulbs 2012

[WimB]

Some other bulbs flowering here this winter/spring:

Colchicum triphyllum
4  x Cyclamen coum (they always remind me of colourful candy  )
Muscari muscarimi
Colchicum luteum
Narcissus hedraeanthus
Eranthis hyemalis
Fritillaria raddeana

[RickR]

A wonderful start to a new thread for the year.

That Fritillaria raddeana is very healthy and vigorous!  (As are all your bulbs!)   When I planted seed of this species (and closely realated frits), I was very surprised at their huge size!  The seedlings have a long way to go, and I don't think they are nearly as happy.

[WimB]

A wonderful start to a new thread for the year.

That Fritillaria raddeana is very healthy and vigorous!  (As are all your bulbs!)   When I planted seed of this species (and closely realated frits), I was very surprised at their huge size!  The seedlings have a long way to go, and I don't think they are nearly as happy.

Thanks Rick,

about that F. raddeana: it's been in my garden for 3 years now and this year it's flowering in January (the two last years it flowered in March) on a stalk of only 30 cm heigh, while normally it flowers on a stem of at least 50 cm! Probably because of the strange winter we've been having!

[Hoy]

Wim, when do you work? With a garden and plants like that I hadn't remembered to go to my job.

[WimB]

Wim, when do you work? With a garden and plants like that I hadn't remembered to go to my job.

I'm unemployed for the moment  So I have time to photograph my plants and study some languages (something I love a lot too) in between looking for a job!

[Hoy]

Wim, when do you work? With a garden and plants like that I hadn't remembered to go to my job.

I'm unemployed for the moment  So I have time to photograph my plants and study some languages (something I love a lot too) in between looking for a job!

Oh so sorry to hear that! But anyway you are lucky to have a nice garden to enjoy while waiting for a job! I thought maybe you were a kind of gardener whose job was his hobby too

[WimB]

Wim, when do you work? With a garden and plants like that I hadn't remembered to go to my job.

I'm unemployed for the moment   So I have time to photograph my plants and study some languages (something I love a lot too) in between looking for a job!

Oh so sorry to hear that! But anyway you are lucky to have a nice garden to enjoy while waiting for a job! I thought maybe you were a kind of gardener whose job was his hobby too

I wish, but no such luck  

[cohan]

Great start to spring! Still months away here, even if it hasn't felt like it

[WimB]

Great start to spring! Still months away here, even if it hasn't felt like it

It was a great start but yesterday it started snowing here, we have a layer of about 10 cm of snow now and temperature went down to - 12°C last night!
I think a lot of plants will have had a shock!

[cohan]

Oops! So you got some of that cold weather after all! We will get a couple of colder days this week, but only closer to normal, nothing serious, then back warmer again.. Hope your cold weather, and elsewhere in Europe, does not last!

[Hoy]

We also got 10cm of snow yesterday! But the coldest so far in my garden is -7C. As long as the fjord is open it usually doesn't get colder here. But they have had -37C on the other side of the mountains!

[cohan]

We also got 10cm of snow yesterday! But the coldest so far in my garden is -7C. As long as the fjord is open it usually doesn't get colder here. But they have had -37C on the other side of the mountains!

Thank goodness for open water! -37C would not be record breaking for us at this time of year, but the lowest we will see this week is -6day/-15C night, with most days above freezing this week.. normal is -4day/-17C night.. so this is very warm for us...

[WimB]

Oops! So you got some of that cold weather after all! We will get a couple of colder days this week, but only closer to normal, nothing serious, then back warmer again.. Hope your cold weather, and elsewhere in Europe, does not last!

Hope so too, but they predict temperatures won't rise above freezing before next Saturday.

We also got 10cm of snow yesterday! But the coldest so far in my garden is -7C. As long as the fjord is open it usually doesn't get colder here. But they have had -37C on the other side of the mountains!

Thank goodness for open water! -37C would not be record breaking for us at this time of year, but the lowest we will see this week is -6day/-15C night, with most days above freezing this week.. normal is -4day/-17C night.. so this is very warm for us...

You guys really live in a freezer
Normally we don't get temperatures that go as low as they are now in Belgium (and most certainly not in West-Flanders (where I live) since it's the province which is nearest to the sea)
But I'm not complaining, I can deal a lot better with cold temperatures than with high temperatures....it's just a shame for the plants

[cohan]

So we'll wait a little longer for the next set of spring bulbs.. unless some of our British friends are staying warmer...

[Hoy]

No spring in sight here at the moment! Strong wind and snow today but rain tomorrow! And then more cold weather