February 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere

[johnw]

In flower today and not exactly pleasing to the nose, Muscari macrocarpon.  This and M. muscarimi are incredibly forgiving pot plants.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

NOT pleasing to the nose? I'm not saying you'd want to be locked in a very small warm space with it.... but I LOVE that scent.

I think most of the heavily scented muscari and hyacinth can be a bit overpowering in too close confinement. But for me  Muscari macrocarpon ( macrocarpum ??) and  Narcissus papyraceus are yummy scents in light doses.
Shows how hard it is to find common ground for a flower scent article! (As was discussed in another thread yesterday)

[johnw]

Maggi - There's something very sharp about it, like Hyacinth sense that goes straight to the sinuses.  Now muscarimi to me is very fine.

johnw

[ruweiss]

The arctic air from the east changed the unusual mild winter weather to very frosty deep freeze
temperatures. We are not anymore used to these low temperatures down to -18° in our rather mild
region and hope that our plants will not take too much harm in the almost snowless gardens.
The pictures of the  flowering Cyclamen coum and the leaves of  C.hederifolium were taken 2 weeks
before and the actual ones are from today. The weather forecast does not promise milder weather
until Wednesday next week.
Sorry for all the poor people who suffer from this outstanding cold weather, the news
spoke about 250 persons in Europe who lost their lives during the cold nights until now.

[Carlo]

John,
You can send them all to me at RBG in Ontario--I'm in the camp that favors the smell!

[ruweiss]

Sorry for the misplacing, seems, that the cold weather is not good
for my old brain.

[Maggi Young]

Sorry for the misplacing, seems, that the cold weather is not good
for my old brain.

Don't worry, Rudi,  all brains get muddled at this time of year. 


 I agree with you that it is a sad thing to hear of the many deaths from the cold. And more to come, I fear. 

[daveyp1970]

John,
You can send them all to me at RBG in Ontario--I'm in the camp that favors the smell!

Carlo i am in your camp,i think Lonicera purpusii is also stunning this time of year.

[johnw]

John,You can send them all to me at RBG in Ontario--I'm in the camp that favors the smell!

Carlo - Seriously, if you need some sing out and I'll shoot them off to you in June.

Could be my nostrils are fried. I have to take a big whiff to detect the scent and then it's too sharp.  Maybe if I cranked the heat up from 4 to 15c it might waft about on its own.

johnw

[krisderaeymaeker]

Can not resist   Ranunculus calandrinioides ...Very remarkable plant ... Despite he has very exotic and big flowers it is an alpine .Despite it is an alpine you better treat is a bulb.Despite its an alpine its grows in Morocco .

I hope you enjoy it  .  

[Maggi Young]

Kris!     Such romantic pictures! 

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris!     Such romantic pictures! 

It is the time of the year Maggi 

[WimB]

Kris!     Such romantic pictures! 

It is the time of the year Maggi 

I bet you didn't know, Maggi but our Chairman is a hopeless romantic 

Wonderful plant, Kris!

[Maggi Young]

Kris!     Such romantic pictures! 

It is the time of the year Maggi 

I bet you didn't know, Maggi but our Chairman is a hopeless romantic 

Wonderful plant, Kris!

So it seems, Wim.    I like him more and more.......

[shelagh]

Where's "Utterly Butterly" I expected him to be drooling all over his keyboard