March 2019 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Leena]

look at my first picture of this 'spring', I was so happy to finally see a little 'icedrop'!

Gabriela, it is the same here right now. I'm just so happy to see any sign of life and flower emerging from snow and ice.

[Hoy]

Haven't seen much snow and ice this winter at home but they have gotten a lot other places.
Here are a few photographs from today. Not as advanced as at Robert in California though!

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[ashley]

Spring seems well underway there in coastal Norway Trond

Here Illicium anisatum is a little battered by wind and rain.

[Robert]

Hi Trond,

Yes, spring looks like it is progressing well in your garden. 

I see what you mean! The Pulmonaria looks like most of the same "muddy" colors I get in our Sacramento garden. I have been weeding out the worst and keeping the best with marginal improvement (at least flower quality). Having said all of this I still like keeping a few around in the garden.

Anyway, the flowers and plants look great. Thank you for taking the time to share a few photographs.

On the first day of spring we will be heading back toward "winter" (rain and much cooler temperatures).

The early low elevation wildflowers are blooming. It looks like I will have a free day soon. 

[Hoy]

Spring seems well underway there in coastal Norway Trond

Here Illicium anisatum is a little battered by wind and rain.

Yes, a little ahead of schedule!

Nice Illicium, Ashley. How frost resistant is it, do you know?

[Hoy]

Hi Trond,

Yes, spring looks like it is progressing well in your garden. 

I see what you mean! The Pulmonaria looks like most of the same "muddy" colors I get in our Sacramento garden. I have been weeding out the worst and keeping the best with marginal improvement (at least flower quality). Having said all of this I still like keeping a few around in the garden.

Anyway, the flowers and plants look great. Thank you for taking the time to share a few photographs.

On the first day of spring we will be heading back toward "winter" (rain and much cooler temperatures).

The early low elevation wildflowers are blooming. It looks like I will have a free day soon. 

Robert, Yes the spring is here but as always it is a slow one. Not very warm days even in sunshine, and cool nights hold the reins tight. This kind of weather will last well into April, even May, I think. The temperature you experience would be summer here!

[ashley]

Nice Illicium, Ashley. How frost resistant is it, do you know?

Thanks Trond.  It wasn't bothered by temperatures down to -7°C last winter, or several degrees lower in our 'cold' winters of 2009/10, so might be fine there too in a sheltered spot.

[Hoy]

Thanks Ashley. I will try it if I can get hold of it!

[ashley]

Sometimes it sets a few seeds, so I'll keep an eye out for them next autumn.

[Hannelore]

Something starts flowering here. I do not know what it is, no label so far. May be a poor hyacinth or an unknown Fritillaria . . .

[Leena]

Trond, what is the flowering plant in the middle in your second post? Cardamine?

[Maggi Young]

Trond, what is the flowering plant in the middle in your second post? Cardamine?

   I wondered that -  is this the one , Leena?

from Trond's  post ....


I've seen an unusual Cardamine posted on Twitter  by Helen Picton - Cardamine kitaibelii  - wonder if this is the same - Super looking plant!
 Helen Picton's photo of  Cardamine kitaibelii......

[Hoy]

Sometimes it sets a few seeds, so I'll keep an eye out for them next autumn.

Thanks!