"MadGardener" wrote in message
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HEY HEY!! Went outside into the blustery winds this morning and
checked the western raised bed and it has SEVEN crocuses!!

My recollection from childhood was that the crocuses came & went way too
fast to be of consequence, but that was because only one particularly
common type ever got planted in my elders' yards. But today, having 15
species plus varieties scattered around my own gardens, there are crocuses
blooming from September through April, with the greatest majority Jan thru
March. Everyday is a joyful discovery of more blooms way before spring.
Sometimes my heart catches these drifts are so amazing.

-paghat the ratgirl

--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
See the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com/