February 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Hoy]

Pieris japonica 'Valley Valentine'

Very nice, David!

[annew]

Pieris japonica 'Valley Valentine'

That's a real cracker!

[Yann]

Super colour, David.

Indeed, this cultivar is not common here

[ruweiss]

Miniature Gardens:

[Gerdk]

A showy presentation Rudi!. Are the troughs (the upper ones) made of 'Hypertufa' ?

Gerd

[fermi de Sousa]

Miniature Gardens:

Hi Rudi,
those are all wonderful! Are the last two made by drilling out small boulders? Are the planting holes drained?
cheers
fermi

[johnw]

A lovely healthy clump of Narcissus cyclamineus growing in a peat block in Jens Birck's Copenhagen garden last week.

johnw
3c & overcast

[ruweiss]

@Gerd, the troughs are from a colored cement mixture, I bought them
about 25 years ago and they are still in a good shape.
@Fermi,the blocks were the present of my brother in law and his wife
and were practically a waste product from a craftsman who makes
stone balls from local marble. For these he uses the cylinders which
he drills with a core drill from the stones. www.kugelmuehle-neidlingen.de
@John, the clump of Narc.cyclamineus is a dream!

[Gerdk]

Rudi,
Thank you for the reply!

Gerd

[Hoy]

Not much sun yet but the spring is gradually unfolding its content. Realized it is March, not February!

Shortia uniflora, not yet fully open but soon.....




Soldanella alpina first flower this year.




Heloniopsis orientalis white form.




Rhododendron barbatum. First truss ever of this in my garden.

[Gabriela]

Not much sun yet but the spring is gradually unfolding its content. Realized it is March, not February!

Nice Trond! I wished the spring would realize it is March for us as well!
Another beautiful Rhodo for your collection I'm happy but surprised that Soldanella escaped your army of slugs. In my garden, if there is even 1 slug it will head for Soldanella (and any Gypsophila). They seem to have a special affinity for them.

[Hoy]

Thanks Gabriela!

But I would rather wait for the spring if we could get more sun. It has rained (or snowed in the mountains) more or less each and every day since August. The winter has been the warmest in 120 year (as long as it is recorded). The glaciers have gotten more snow than in 20 years so they will grow rather than shrink this year.

The Soldanella and Shortia is planted in an old sink on four legs so it is a bit harder for the slugs and snails to find them

[Leena]

It has rained (or snowed in the mountains) more or less each and every day since August. The winter has been the warmest in 120 year (as long as it is recorded). The glaciers have gotten more snow than in 20 years so they will grow rather than shrink this year.

It is the same here. A lot of rain and temperatures from December to end of February have been 5-6 degrees C above the average in south of Finland.  The same seems to continue in March and we have early spring. 

[Hoy]

Leena, interesting. The weather has changed to a more normal pattern in S Norway and we even got some snow, quite a bit in the east, much less in the west. The forecast looks more normal for the season also.

[Gabriela]

Thanks Gabriela!

But I would rather wait for the spring if we could get more sun. It has rained (or snowed in the mountains) more or less each and every day since August. The winter has been the warmest in 120 year (as long as it is recorded). The glaciers have gotten more snow than in 20 years so they will grow rather than shrink this year.

The Soldanella and Shortia is planted in an old sink on four legs so it is a bit harder for the slugs and snails to find them

Forgot to answer Very smart planting the Soldanella up, I thought about making a container for small/slug attractive plants.

Sun is in big demand here as well Trond and Leena and actually, even here the winter has been milder, with the exception of February. In January it rained all month long! it was much colder in November than in December and January.