Today in Calgary (zone 3A) I noticed about a dozen of these have come out,
with completely mature flower heads, albeit closed in today's overcast and
cold conditions (-8 celcius). I guess with this week's highs of +8 it was
enough.

Strangely they last appeared November 2001.

Haven't seen any in the Ottawa valley. It was -33C last night
"Joe" wrote in message
news:YtiOb.151691$ts4.66231@pd7tw3no...
Today in Calgary (zone 3A) I noticed about a dozen of these have come out,
with completely mature flower heads, albeit closed in today's overcast and
cold conditions (-8 celcius). I guess with this week's highs of +8 it was
enough.

Strangely they last appeared November 2001.

for those of us who aren't doing the metric, could you humor us and convert
those temperatures to Please? Thanks! madgardener where it's a densly
foggy, wet, miserable winter day that more resembles Oregon or Washington
right now or even England and is 43o F up on the ridge, back in Fairy
Holler, unable to see English Mountain in Eastern Tennessee, zone 7, Sunset
zone 36


"William Lamb" wrote in message
...
Haven't seen any in the Ottawa valley. It was -33C last night
"Joe" wrote in message
news:YtiOb.151691$ts4.66231@pd7tw3no...
Today in Calgary (zone 3A) I noticed about a dozen of these have come
out,
with completely mature flower heads, albeit closed in today's overcast
and
cold conditions (-8 celcius). I guess with this week's highs of +8 it
was
enough.

Strangely they last appeared November 2001.

For temps below 0š C, the formula for F is 32š minus 9/5 x C. In this
case, - 8š C = 17.6š F. A little chillier than the holler, though 43š makes
me shiver in northern CA!
Tom
Walnut Creek, CA, USA
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From: "madgardener"
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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 10:09:13 -0500
Subject: Colchicums!

for those of us who aren't doing the metric, could you humor us and convert
those temperatures to Please? Thanks! madgardener where it's a densly
foggy, wet, miserable winter day that more resembles Oregon or Washington
right now or even England and is 43o F up on the ridge, back in Fairy
Holler, unable to see English Mountain in Eastern Tennessee, zone 7, Sunset
zone 36


"William Lamb" wrote in message
...
Haven't seen any in the Ottawa valley. It was -33C last night
"Joe" wrote in message
news:YtiOb.151691$ts4.66231@pd7tw3no...
Today in Calgary (zone 3A) I noticed about a dozen of these have come
out,
with completely mature flower heads, albeit closed in today's overcast
and
cold conditions (-8 celcius). I guess with this week's highs of +8 it
was
enough.

Strangely they last appeared November 2001.