Miscellaneous spring bulbs 2012

[cohan]

.....hope next year they look better

Roland

the gardener's hope and comfort!

[Hoy]

Roland, even single tulips often get messy here!

[Toole]

Flowering off and on for the last two months Gagea fibrosa --close up of the small starry yellow flowers .Very easy from seed.

Yummy Anemone pavonina red.

Cheers Dave.

[Howey]

Mmm..  Really nice, Dave.  Both are "must tries".  Fran

Frances Howey
London, Ontario, Canada
Zone 5b

[cohan]

Dave, are you in full spring yet, or are these late winter plants for you? Great colour on the Anemone

[Jandals]

Funny you should mention that Cohan . Just sitting here having the morning cuppa and thinking "Yep , it's spring now , the weather is turning nasty " . Usually this weather deterioration coincides with lambing ( which it has done ) . Going down to Dave's on a pilgrimmage run in a couple of weeks with my parents to see his very cool garden

[Hoy]

Funny you should mention that Cohan . Just sitting here having the morning cuppa and thinking "Yep , it's spring now , the weather is turning nasty " . Usually this weather deterioration coincides with lambing ( which it has done ) . Going down to Dave's on a pilgrimmage run in a couple of weeks with my parents to see his very cool garden

Could I join you    Well, it's too long a travel     Here the weather is very autumn-ish at the moment - rain and westerly winds.But the temp isn't bad though, I still wear jandals
I don't think Anemone pavonina would do a good figure in  my garden - too wet for it's liking I presume - but maybe the Gagea would?

[cohan]

So if your are going down to Dave's, you are then farther north- does that generally mean warmer? or is that direction offset by other factors?
We are mixing summery and near fall weather, but nights are getting chilly, and we are already seeing a hint of the fall windy weather..
I'm hoping to plant some spring bulbs if I find anything decent locally, but other than that, they will be many months away!

[Toole]

Mmm..  Really nice, Dave.  Both are "must tries".  Fran

Frances Howey
London, Ontario, Canada
Zone 5b

Thanks Fran.

Funny you should mention that Cohan . Just sitting here having the morning cuppa and thinking "Yep , it's spring now , the weather is turning nasty " . Usually this weather deterioration coincides with lambing ( which it has done ) . Going down to Dave's on a pilgrimmage run in a couple of weeks with my parents to see his very cool garden

Could I join you   Well, it's too long a travel    Here the weather is very autumn-ish at the moment - rain and westerly winds.But the temp isn't bad though, I still wear jandals
I don't think Anemone pavonina would do a good figure in  my garden - too wet for it's liking I presume - but maybe the Gagea would?

You'd be most welcome to visit Trond ....I'll have the kettle boiling  
The Gagea only survives in a pot for me whereas i have different coloured forms of Anemone pavonina in various places in the garden.

So if your are going down to Dave's, you are then farther north- does that generally mean warmer? or is that direction offset by other factors?
We are mixing summery and near fall weather, but nights are getting chilly, and we are already seeing a hint of the fall windy weather..
I'm hoping to plant some spring bulbs if I find anything decent locally, but other than that, they will be many months away!

I'm about 90 mins travel souwest along the coast from Steve --he will be a bit drier and sunnier ,maybe just as windy   .....

Cheers Dave.

[Toole]

Romulea columnae subsp. grandiscapa ,(syn.Romulea hartungii ),from the Canary Islands .

Cheers Dave.

[Hoy]

You'd be most welcome to visit Trond ....I'll have the kettle boiling  
The Gagea only survives in a pot for me whereas i have different coloured forms of Anemone pavonina in various places in the garden.

Cheers Dave.

Thanks Dave I'll tell you in advance but it won't be too soon

Maybe I should try some of those anemones though! I do grow Gagea lutea in my garden but it is prone to slug damage