Author Topic: March 2018 Northern Hemisphere (Read 9011 times)

arilnut · « **on:** March 01, 2018, 11:59:49 AM »

Blooming now.

Colchicum hungaricum
Crocus Herald
Eranthis Schwefelglanz

John B

arilnut · « **Reply #1 on:** March 01, 2018, 12:03:30 PM »

Galanthus "Emerald Hughes"
Merendera sobolifera
Sternbergia candida

John B

Robert · « **Reply #2 on:** March 06, 2018, 09:09:16 PM »

Our Sacramento, California garden took a beating during the last half of February and the first few days of March. Now we will have one or two sunny days before the next round of stormy weather arrives.

Some old established clumps of Crocus are looking good.

Helleborus seedlings coming into bloom.

Pseudomuscari auzureum

Rhododendron scabrifolium ssp spiceferum

The flower buds of Rhododendron moupinense x johnstoneanum survived the frosty nights.

Robert · « **Reply #3 on:** March 06, 2018, 09:17:01 PM »

The Ipheion (Tristagma) took a beating in the wind and rain, but still look akay.

Another flushed lavender Ipheion seedling.

Romulea tortuosa

Somehow the Erythronium multiscapideum held up okay. More will be blooming soon.

The star of the show for me is Allium serra. The first of a batch of seedlings is coming into bloom now. What a gem!

Jacek · « **Reply #4 on:** March 06, 2018, 10:11:44 PM »

Interesting to learn that you have Crocus and Ipheion blooming in the same time. In my garden crocuses are among the first and Ipheion - the last to flower in spring. They must feel the cold of winter in different way.

Robert · « **Reply #5 on:** March 06, 2018, 11:51:44 PM »

Quote from: Jacek on March 06, 2018, 10:11:44 PM

Interesting to learn that you have Crocus and Ipheion blooming in the same time. In my garden crocuses are among the first and Ipheion - the last to flower in spring. They must feel the cold of winter in different way.

Jacek,

The extremely abnormal weather in February created conditions where the "normal" blooming cycles of many species is completely out of synchronization. We had record, to near record, high temperatures during the first two weeks of February, followed by record, to near record, low temperatures for the remaining part of February. This is a highly unusual blooming pattern for us. The weather pattern, of coarse, is highly unusual too.

YT · « **Reply #6 on:** March 11, 2018, 05:59:49 PM »

A magnolia tree in front of my house today.

Steve Garvie · « **Reply #7 on:** March 11, 2018, 07:30:31 PM »

A stunning Magnolia Tatsuo!!!
Perhaps Spring is not so very far away after all.

Robert · « **Reply #8 on:** March 11, 2018, 11:08:32 PM »

It looks like we will have one more day of spring-like weather before some much needed rain and snow to the Sierra Nevada arrives. Today's high temperature was 71 F, 21.7 C and the low was 44 F, 6.7 C.

Sisyrinchium bellum is blooming throughout the garden now. A few plants have been blooming for a month or more.

Pulmonaria provides early season color.

Another Helleborus seedling is blooming now.

The first of the Iris macrosiphon in bloom.

Robert · « **Reply #9 on:** March 13, 2018, 02:03:51 PM »

Moraea elegans in our garden yesterday.

ruweiss · « **Reply #10 on:** March 13, 2018, 09:49:56 PM »

2 weeks ago we had frost and the leaves and buds of this Ranunculus calandrinioides
laid flat on the ground. To my surprise it recovered rather quick.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #11 on:** March 13, 2018, 10:03:59 PM »

wow! I'm surprised that such a frost did not damage the Ranunculus. Just luck, do you think, Rudi?
I would think the plant would usually stay underground until after the snow had gone - and be safer from such a frost. A good result for you, for sure.

David Nicholson · « **Reply #12 on:** March 13, 2018, 10:55:57 PM »

Some weeks ahead of my garden Robert.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #13 on:** March 14, 2018, 12:57:52 PM »

SRGC Subscription Secretary, Christine ( ChrisB in the forum) lives in Northumberland, where they have had quite bad weather - her garden was under a foot of snow and she feared the worst for so many plants which were in full flower - things have not turned out to be as bad as she thought - thank goodness! I posted a couple of pix from Christine in the "winter weather" thread - here are a few more ....