John McGaw wrote:
BD wrote:
We've had a long, hard winter. Due to be in the teens and 20's again
this weekend....but I saw some green!!!

Pittsburgh, Zone 6


I was up in Belle Vernon for two weeks because of a family emergency and
I didn't notice anything close to blooming -- maybe nights getting down
to the low teens had a hand in that. When I got back here last Tuesday I
found that a considerable number of unidentified yellow daffodils were
blooming. Same with the crocus that pop up in the lawn. Then this
morning I noticed that the Ice Follies daffodils were popping open along
the driveway. The only bad thing is that they last for such a short time
and it will be a long gap until the daylilies start to bloom.



Just to follow up, when I went outside to blow a few leaves from the
driveway I noticed that the hyacinths are up. I also noticed that the
location in the front of the house where I _thought_ I had dug up the
daffodils is just full of them. Clearly I did a bad job. Guess I'll have to
try again this year after the foliage dies back (but before it separates,
so I have a better chance of finding the bulbs).

My friends/neighbors bought me a big box of tulip bulbs at Schiphol Airport
in Amsterdam on the way back home from a tour and I hurriedly got them into
the ground late last year. At least a few of them are poking through so I
guess I got them into the ground in time and deep enough.

Daylilys are peeking through the new mulch but they were still green when I
put the mulch on this winter so that isn't surprising. The old-style flag
irises are up through the mulch too but just a bit. No telling what else is
happening out there but since I tend to plant bulbs randomly there is no
telling what will show up or where.

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John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com