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January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« on: January 02, 2011, 02:44:47 PM »
Although the winter still lingers and the colours belong to the southerners something are always worth viewing.
I'll begin with what I found today on a little stroll in my woodland.

The mahonia usually is flowering at this time but seemingly I have to wait a few weeks!
The birds take the red berries of the Hollies but the yellow ones are untouched.
We have to wait a couple of months to see this pieris flowering.
Some of the rhodos start early but this one is due in March.
Viburnum farrerii had started flowering before the frost hit and now waits for the next mild spell.
I am glad these two gesneriads made it through the last bad winter. Now I am hoping the best for this winter too!
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Re: January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2011, 10:29:51 PM »
Quote from: Hoy on January 02, 2011, 02:44:47 PM
Although the winter still lingers and the colours belong to the southerners something are always worth viewing.
I'll begin with what I found today on a little stroll in my woodland.

The mahonia usually is flowering at this time but seemingly I have to wait a few weeks!
The birds take the red berries of the Hollies but the yellow ones are untouched.
We have to wait a couple of months to see this pieris flowering.
Some of the rhodos start early but this one is due in March.
Viburnum farrerii had started flowering before the frost hit and now waits for the next mild spell.
I am glad these two gesneriads made it through the last bad winter. Now I am hoping the best for this winter too!

wow! lots of green--that is very very mild compared to me...lol
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Re: January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2011, 11:10:15 AM »
Today a lot of sunshine (at the moment) ...And Narcissus has a lot of benefit from this treatment.
This is Narcissus romieuxii "Julia Jane ".
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Re: January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2011, 07:46:35 PM »
Our Belgian specialists  told me that is not the real "Julia Jane" ....
So I have to relabel it as Narcissus romieuxii  :(   
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Re: January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2011, 08:55:46 PM »
Yes, Kris, your friends are correct.... 'Julia Jane' has flowers which are much more petunioide.... really flat flaced and rolling back at the edges.
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Re: January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2011, 09:59:59 PM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on January 09, 2011, 08:55:46 PM
Yes, Kris, your friends are correct.... 'Julia Jane' has flowers which are much more petunioide.... really flat flaced and rolling back at the edges.

That's where friends are for Maggi  :D  Thank you for the confirmation.
It is regretable  that  they are sold  as "Julia Jane" by reputated  growers.......But we have to live with  this I suppose?
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Re: January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2011, 11:54:17 PM »
green grass and flowers in january! i didn't know belgium was sub-tropical! oh well, we will have them too in another 4 or 5 months  ;D
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Re: January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2011, 06:21:09 AM »
Flowers are also present here in France,outdoors, in early january: a few Helleborus orientalis have opened one or two flowers (way too early!) due to the warm spell these last days, and even Crocus laevigatus opened for a few hours! Galanthus elwesii ssp. caucasicus in in bloom too, and I may report some flowers on an Iberis sempervirens...
« Last Edit: January 10, 2011, 06:27:37 AM by zephirine »
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Re: January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2011, 09:08:24 AM »
Kris,

Your plants are beautiful, but Maggi's description is spot on.  Yours are nowhere near as flat as the actual JJ.  Yours are still very nice though, great shape and substance.  Great pics too. 8)
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Re: January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2011, 02:29:25 PM »
here the first Hellebores start flowering, one of my favourites: H.thibetanus
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Re: January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2011, 03:04:36 PM »
A so nice Helleborus Chris   :D
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Re: January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2011, 03:37:15 PM »
Very nice indeed Chris
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Re: January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2011, 04:02:42 PM »
You have a lot of early flowers, Zeph.... the little fat bells of the Galanthus caucasicus are rather appealing.
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Re: January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2011, 04:30:32 PM »
I am a little jealous on you, zephirine and chris! Hera a layer of ice covers my plants that normally flower at this time of the year! But mild weather and rain give me hope that the ice soon disappear although the soil is still hardfrozen from the cold in November and December. Your thibetanus is fantastic, chris!
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Re: January 2011 - Northern hemisphere
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2011, 07:02:33 PM »
Quote from: cohan on January 09, 2011, 11:54:17 PM
green grass and flowers in january! i didn't know belgium was sub-tropical! oh well, we will have them too in another 4 or 5 months  ;D

The snow is only a few days gone here Cohan.... And we had a lot (and for Belgium) also during a longer period.
But now we have a warmer period again with 10 degrees...

Quote from: Paul T on January 10, 2011, 09:08:24 AM
Kris,
Your plants are beautiful, but Maggi's description is spot on.  Yours are nowhere near as flat as the actual JJ.  Yours are still very nice though, great shape and substance.  Great pics too. 8)

Thank you Paul for your nice comment. 
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