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Early Riser Bulbs

5 years ago

It's been a mild winter so far. Just did some yard cleanup with the usual winds and crap that lands here and there. LOL, I spied 3 green leaves poking out of dirt - bulbs ain't waiting for old man winter to officially leave. Eh, it was sorta refreshing to see some green in all this brown though

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a1an
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5 years ago

katob - heh, misery shows no company. On the way walking home, I was looking at my shrubs. A good handful of the leaf nodes on my hydranganas have broke dormancy. Brown outer shell with green emerging. Sigh. Watch old man winter come roaring now that I posted this.

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
5 years ago
Many of my bulbs are four or five years inches tall and snowdrops are in white bud. The Algerian irises have been blooming a few weeks,
a1an
Original Author
5 years ago
Tomorrow is going to be 18 degrees warmer than averages. We got one cold spell for a week. LOL. It's as if the dipped temps did a pre chill and now they think it's spring.
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katob Z6ish, NE Pa
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I was trying to ignore it but now after yet another few days of relatively warm weather my plants are also getting a little confused. My first snowdrop will be blooming tomorrow if it's another warm day... I'd blame the weather entirely but I have been planting earlier snowdrops over the years in the hope this would happen. ;) Last year I had to wait until February though.
a1an
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5 years ago
Is Posie Rosie going to come out of hibernation soon ;-)

It's been ubersuper mild this year. Been watchin new green emerge past mulch lines here and there. My shrubs have been shedding their outer brown shells and green warm weather growth has been emerging from the side and terminal ends.

I just jinxed it now and watch old man winter come roaring in.
katob Z6ish, NE Pa
5 years ago
13F here tonight. The snowdrops have been covered and we will see when the covers come off again.
a1an
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5 years ago
Heh. Here we were enjoying the El Nino effect

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