On 18/01/2014 17:19, Sacha wrote:
On 2014-01-18 17:14:37 +0000, Emery Davis said:

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:53:29 +0000, sacha wrote:

On 2014-01-17 13:36:23 +0000, kay said:

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More remarkable is that the hazel catkins are already open. The male
ones, that is - the female flowers aren't so much in evidence.

Yes, I've seen a few of those about, too. What will happen about
pollenation, I wonder,or is it windborne in their case?

The catkins are well out. I haven't noticed any of the wild primroses,
but the cultivated ones are blooming away.

Today noticed forsythia starting to bloom. Only a few flowers, but...

-E

The blackbirds are definitely thinking about mating. We watched a male
blackbird chasing a female around for ages in one of the greenhouses
today. Eventually, he flew outside, rather by accident, we think and she
spent some time going back and forth, watching him, as if to tell him
how hopeless he is!

Round here we have the odd hazel with catkins showing yellow but most
are holding tight and closed,
There are about 6 blackbirds squabbling over territory or something and
making a hell of a racket, of course they could be fighting over a small
dry patch that someone has found.
David @ a still very wet side of Swansea Bay.

On 2014-01-18 18:31:09 +0000, David Hill said:

On 18/01/2014 17:19, Sacha wrote:
On 2014-01-18 17:14:37 +0000, Emery Davis said:

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:53:29 +0000, sacha wrote:

On 2014-01-17 13:36:23 +0000, kay said:

[]
More remarkable is that the hazel catkins are already open. The male
ones, that is - the female flowers aren't so much in evidence.

Yes, I've seen a few of those about, too. What will happen about
pollenation, I wonder,or is it windborne in their case?

The catkins are well out. I haven't noticed any of the wild primroses,
but the cultivated ones are blooming away.

Today noticed forsythia starting to bloom. Only a few flowers, but...

-E

The blackbirds are definitely thinking about mating. We watched a male
blackbird chasing a female around for ages in one of the greenhouses
today. Eventually, he flew outside, rather by accident, we think and she
spent some time going back and forth, watching him, as if to tell him
how hopeless he is!

Round here we have the odd hazel with catkins showing yellow but most
are holding tight and closed,
There are about 6 blackbirds squabbling over territory or something and
making a hell of a racket, of course they could be fighting over a
small dry patch that someone has found.
David @ a still very wet side of Swansea Bay.

I doubt we're dryer here, David, or not much! Water is running down
the lanes and the nursery paths but thank goodness we are on a slope
and surrounded by fields!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

In article ,
David Hill wrote:

There is virtually damn-all here yet. Hazel, Japonica, Hamamelis and
Viburnum, and a few snowdrops next to a building are starting to
appear, but the bulk of even the earliest bulbs are still dormant.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
David Hill wrote:

There is virtually damn-all here yet. Hazel, Japonica, Hamamelis and
Viburnum, and a few snowdrops next to a building are starting to
appear, but the bulk of even the earliest bulbs are still dormant.

Sorry - snip failure. That was me. And the hazel is still closed.

On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:25:30 +0000, Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article ,
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
David Hill wrote:

There is virtually damn-all here yet. Hazel, Japonica, Hamamelis and
Viburnum, and a few snowdrops next to a building are starting to appear,
but the bulk of even the earliest bulbs are still dormant.

Sorry - snip failure. That was me. And the hazel is still closed.

Another warm day, with sun and no wind for a change. Nice to be outside,
we noticed pretty much most of the bulbs are up. There's even a geranium
blooming, and some rose buds a few days away from flowering.



--
Gardening in Lower Normandy

On 19/01/2014 18:23, Emery Davis wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:25:30 +0000, Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article ,
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
David Hill wrote:

There is virtually damn-all here yet. Hazel, Japonica, Hamamelis and
Viburnum, and a few snowdrops next to a building are starting to appear,
but the bulk of even the earliest bulbs are still dormant.

Sorry - snip failure. That was me. And the hazel is still closed.

Another warm day, with sun and no wind for a change. Nice to be outside,
we noticed pretty much most of the bulbs are up. There's even a geranium
blooming, and some rose buds a few days away from flowering.


No sign of primroses or snowdrops. My snowdrops are timid creatures
that sit there and wait till they know that the crocus (crocuses, crocki
or what ever you want to call them) and daffs are safely blooming before
they dare to show themselves.
I noticed 2 crocus in colour well on the way to being in full flower.

David @ a practically rain free side of Swansea bay, well for today that is.