January 2018 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Catwheazle]

For two days the snow is gone .... I absolutely had to use for a garden tour - I already had withdrawal symptoms ;-)
Tonight it will snow again, then again "garden break" announced :-(

greetings
Bernd
Adonis amurensis

Helleborus niger

Helleborus foetidus

[Catwheazle]

Leucojum vernum

Ophrys purpurea

Ophrys sphegodes

Aceras anthropophorum

[Robert]

New Years day - 1 January 2018



Geranium dalmaticum - easy-to-grow. I like the red and green foliage this time of year.



Primula (Dodecatheon) hendersonii selections coming up in a"fish box" tough.



Seedlings of Collinsia heterophylla coming along with Dichelostemma capitatum out in the garden.

A lot to look forward to this coming year. 

[Robert]

More photographs from 1 January.



Today is a "holiday" in the U.S.A. I did not have to "work", so I worked on and finished our nursery supply shed - lean-to.    This finally organized some loose ends! It was made with 99.5% recycled, reused materials. The only new materials were nails and two metal bracts.



The Greenhouse -Aviary is at a standstill right now. At least solarium is weather proof. The bench in front of the wall will be in the greenhouse. Everything to the left of the glass door will be part of the aviary.



The old foundation footing from the removed room is being filled with "alpine" soil mix (old spent & die-outs). Tubs with alpines are sitting on top of the spent soil.

[Hannelore]

And here we are today:

(Bellis perennis)

[johnw]

Well we've missed the very worst of the winter frigidity that has paralyzed the continent.  The witchhazels have pulled in their flowers and the coums have been frosted.  In the greenhouse things a bit more promising.  The first flower of the new year is Camellia oleifera, the Camellia from which camellia oil is extracted from the seeds - a simply beauty.

johnw  - a balmy -8c

[Catwheazle]

Crocus alatavicus

[brianw]

Nice fat yellow buds of aconites locally this morning. No sign of mine in the grass yet with a similar exposure; maybe just a leaf or two showing. Probably wetter and colder in my coarse grass.

[Maggi Young]

Cold here in Aberdeen, but no snow at the moment - see  Ian's latest Bulb Log for more ....
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2018Jan171516188852BULB_LOG_0318.pdf , but here are some snowy shots  from Ian the Christie kind, in Kirriemuir....

[Maggi Young]

and in Neustadt, in Germany, the cyclamen in  Thomas Huber's garden look like this.....

[Maggi Young]

And this, yesterday, from the garden of a friend  near Edinburgh....

[Rick R.]

We haven't had much snow at all, compared to normal here.  Nothing grows at this time of year in Minnesota (USA), but I do have freeze-dried flowers of Allium thunbergii 'Osawas'

[Maggi Young]

Poor things!  But they do make a very attractive picture, Rick.

[angie]

and in Neustadt, in Germany, the cyclamen in  Thomas Huber's garden look like this.....

Just love the pictures , all those lovely cyclamen popping their heads through the snow.

Angie 

[Robert]

Galanthus blooming at the El Dorado County farm, California.

Far too warm here! 62 F, 16.7 C yesterday. We might get a change. Snow is in the forecast, not at the farm, but just up the road.