"someone" wrote in message
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"Donn Thorson" wrote in message
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2009: Taken two weeks ago...These small flowers are growing at the base
of an Oak tree at the Scotch Settlement Cemetery (est.1835)...just a
stones throw from my house.


Those are Scilla siberica, or Siberian Squill....although everyone I know
just calls them Scillas. They're probably my very favourite early, small
bulb because they're one of the few that will actually survive here and
they will spread themselves nicely without any help. Glory of the Snow
(Chionodoxa) is another one that will usually survive here, but Crocus
only survive a year or two if you can get them to grow at all, and
Snowdrops are probably even harder. The Tulips all do well, but
Narcissus/Daffodils are difficult too, except in really sheltered areas.


I'm amazed by what you say. Chionodoxa, snowdrops, fritillaries, tulips,
squills, narcissus and daffs all go down to at least 20F. I've never lost
any of these through cold winters. My crocuses have been coming up each
year in the lawn for about 15 years with no problem, even through cold
winters.

Ah, have I misread you and the situation is not too cold but too warm?

someone

Nope, you haven't misread me, it's definitely the cold that's our problem,
but "cold" is a relative term. I'm envious that you can grow daffs and
narcissus, and especially crocuses naturalized in the lawn. What I
neglected to mention in my previous post was that where I live, our winter
temperatures can drop as low as -45 Celsius (-49 F) occasionally! A winter
that we don't drop below about -35 C is considered a 'warm' winter...lol!
So that's why only the very hardiest of the bulbs will survive here. In
fact, I think a lot of people find it amazing that ANYthing survives here,
bulbs or otherwise!

Regards,
Rick A