February 2009

[jomowi]

Carlo - No the Hellebore gets no protection, - that is just how the snow melted around it.

[Oron Peri]

Bellevalia flexuosa, probably one of the most common bulbous plant in the region.
and the much smaller B. pierides, endemic to Cyprus.

[Hristo]

Oron, that B.pierides is a cutie, my contribution, G.setifolia on the windowsill, all the Iris,galanthus and corydalis in the garden are now under 80cm of snow! 

[Lvandelft]

G.setifolia on the windowsill,

 

Hristo, would you please tell what it is?

[Rob]

I'm guessing Gynandriris setifolia, maybe now called Moraea setifolia?

Whatever it is it looks good.

[Hristo]

Spot on Rob,
This has been at least 5 years from AGS seed, and this is its first time flowering!
Maybe should be faster but it has 'moved' alot! 
Is it officially Morarea now Rob or does it occupy that twilight zone of nomenclatural possibility? 

[Gunilla]

We have had a lot of snow the last days but today it is thawing.  Crocus imperati 'De Jager'  has been up for a long time now but the flowers will not open. I hope for a little sunshine tomorrow.

[Lvandelft]

Thank you! 

[Hristo]

Hi there,
Flowering today on the windowsill;
Brodiae jolonensis
Oxalis brasiliensis ( also out in the garden under 80cm of snow, though not flowering! )
 

[Zdenek]

Rafa,
I grow Erythronium caucasicum  too, but it did not flower ever.
It is a well growing however not flowering form.

Dear Franz,
I should like to greet you first. I have read your message quite late. Nevertheless,I grow a clone of Erythronium caucasicum which flower every year. I have two bulbs since 2001 but they are only two till today. In the last year they yielded some seed for the first time. I enclose not too good image here. The image however is from the last March as now I have about 70 cm of snow in my garden.
(The Erythronium in the background is E. dens-canis).
Zdenek

[gote]

Picture taken late Sunday afternoon.
Göte

[Maggi Young]

Göte, I know your winters are hard and last a long time.... but is it really still Christmas at  your place?  All those lights, still

[gote]

The official day for taking down the tree is the January 13th
Since it is still very dark in the afternoon we tend to leave the outside Christmas lights on longer.
The snow lantern is not a Christmas decoration. It is just inspired by the weather.
Göte

[Maggi Young]

The official day for taking down the tree is the January 13th
Since it is still very dark in the afternoon we tend to leave the outside Christmas lights on longer.
The snow lantern is not a Christmas decoration. It is just inspired by the weather.
Göte

Indeed, as I would expect from you, a perfectly reasonable explanation.

[hadacekf]

Dear Zdenek,
Thanks, you are a happy gardener with a free flowering form of Erythronium caucasicum.