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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Catwheazle on February 02, 2021, 09:46:19 AM
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The much snow (about 1m) into which it then rained unfortunately claimed its victims (Daphne alpina) :'( :'( :'(
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Bernd, I am sorry about the damage;but the wet snow was
simply too much for this big plant Some species of Daphne
split quite easy. Hope, that it survives the heavy pruning.
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Bernd, bind up the wounded pieces back together - we did this many years ago with snow damage on a very large D. tangutica and it recovered.
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OK, ill try
thanks :-)
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Worth a try! the wounds from the splits on our Daphne were much bigger than the ones seen on yours - hope costs nothing!
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Yes. the wounds are great. I have to take a look at it. Maybe I'll leave it that way,
as we often see such snow conditions. (At a younger age it only bent - like the second one - this one didn't break)
Fortunately, I still have a second one. Unfortunately I have big problems growing Daphne from seed.
The second saw herself alone.
greetings
Bernd
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Sorry for the damage in your garden Bernd. It is decades since we had that much snow here. Now we have 10 cm, and even that much is rare. Worse is the cold and dry weather.
It looks nice and sunny but it is very cold and dry!
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Sorry for the damage in your garden Bernd. It is decades since we had that much snow here. Now we have 10 cm, and even that much is rare. Worse is the cold and dry weather.
It looks nice and sunny but it is very cold and dry!
What a difference Trond! I hope your Rhodos and other broadleaves won't be damaged.
Snow is actually good if it's cold and dry. These are usual winter conditions here and we always wish for more snow. Even so, it is a struggle to keep alive and looking good especially all broadleaf species. Even the tough Mahonia aquifolium can look very ratty by the time spring arrives.
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What a difference Trond! I hope your Rhodos and other broadleaves won't be damaged.
Snow is actually good if it's cold and dry. These are usual winter conditions here and we always wish for more snow. Even so, it is a struggle to keep alive and looking good especially all broadleaf species. Even the tough Mahonia aquifolium can look very ratty by the time spring arrives.
The cold weather seems to continue at least one more week so maybe we will see a degree or two above zero next Wednesday! I am afraid some plants will perish. I had wished for more snow than we have but the sky is completely free of clouds. I haven't seen a cloud in many weeks! And that is very unusual.
The low temperature has changed the snow into crystals and the sound when you trodd in it is like glass.
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The Quercus ilex may suffer from the cold and dry weather.
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After many years, we´re going to have a spell of winter , too - quite unexpected, at least 2 weeks of frost are predicted. Snowdrops, eranthis and cyclamen are no more showy, but some of the crocusses are not yet buried under the snow.
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The cold weather seems to continue at least one more week so maybe we will see a degree or two above zero next Wednesday! I am afraid some plants will perish. I had wished for more snow than we have but the sky is completely free of clouds. I haven't seen a cloud in many weeks! And that is very unusual.
The low temperature has changed the snow into crystals and the sound when you trodd in it is like glass.
Trond,
Brutally cold weather! :o
What impact will this have on your garden? Or is too early to make an assessment? Anyway, I hope that your garden manages well this coming spring.
Here the weather is still warm, 0.80 F (0.44 C) above average for the month of February to date, 8 February. Much needed precipitation is in the 7-day forecast. Our garden is shaping up well and many plants are in bloom. I did a late sowing of spring annuals yesterday, however I will be switching over to summer annuals with my sowings later this month. Our vegetable garden is currently very productive, supplying us with a steady supply of pot greens, salad greens, carrots, and broccoli. We are harvesting fresh navel oranges and lemons every day. Lots of fresh squeezed orange juice every morning! No need to purchase anything from the market.
Thank you for all your reports! The scenes are extremely beautiful! 8)
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My friend in Kittitas County, Washington, United States tells me that they're ... " Getting back to weatherwise normal over the last 48 hours. The snowpack has risen from 84% of yearly average to 129%. Temperatures will decrease to 18F during the day and 6F overnight by the week's end. Snow depth at my site in the Stuarts is reading at 137 inches as of this morning. We need to keep this pattern until the middle of March and then have a gradual warming trend until late May. Under "ideal" conditions I would anticipate my first trip to The Barrens in the middle of July."
You can see his blogs here: http://fiveacregeographic.blogspot.com/?view=magazine
More from my pal - "Here are the Drought Conditions. The good news is the study sites are "in the white". They're at 5800 feet and higher and under the 137 inches. The house is at 2290 feet and we have two inches as of this morning. The "Rest of the West" looks pretty dire with this current report. The University of Nebraska coordinates the data and publishes the updates every Thursday. United States Geological Survey publishes a "Drought Outlook" and I'm waiting for the most recent data to be included into their analysis. I'm hoping we remain "white". "
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The cold weather seems to continue at least one more week so maybe we will see a degree or two above zero next Wednesday! I am afraid some plants will perish. I had wished for more snow than we have but the sky is completely free of clouds. I haven't seen a cloud in many weeks! And that is very unusual.
The low temperature has changed the snow into crystals and the sound when you trodd in it is like glass.
The Quercus ilex may suffer from the cold and dry weather.
Sad to hear this Trond. It is usual to have sunny, clear days when it gets very cold, and yes there is a specific sound when one walks outdoors.
Some of the plants may need a heavy pruning in the spring, but remain optimistic! (and wait until late spring with the pruning, I noticed that after super cold winters some plants will be more slow to resume growth).
Polar vortex upon us here, and in other parts of Canada, woke up to -17C, and it will keep going with very cold nights for a long time. We have enjoyed 2 mild winters in a row, now is pay back time.
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I find the sound of naturally falling hoarfrost crystals to be much more melodic. Under foot, it is more of a cacophony.
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After many years, we´re going to have a spell of winter , too - quite unexpected, at least 2 weeks of frost are predicted. Snowdrops, eranthis and cyclamen are no more showy, but some of the crocusses are not yet buried under the snow.
Sorry to see that, Mariette, and I hope the flowers survive! They usually do when covered in snow.
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Trond,
Brutally cold weather! :o
What impact will this have on your garden? Or is too early to make an assessment? Anyway, I hope that your garden manages well this coming spring.
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Robert,
It is to early to tally the losses! But I think some plants will die. Anyway, low temperature now is better than late frosts in April! So I hope for a nice spring when it arrives :)
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Sad to hear this Trond. It is usual to have sunny, clear days when it gets very cold, and yes there is a specific sound when one walks outdoors.
Some of the plants may need a heavy pruning in the spring, but remain optimistic! (and wait until late spring with the pruning, I noticed that after super cold winters some plants will be more slow to resume growth).
Polar vortex upon us here, and in other parts of Canada, woke up to -17C, and it will keep going with very cold nights for a long time. We have enjoyed 2 mild winters in a row, now is pay back time.
Gabriela,
I am always optimistic! And I never prune winter damage until it is quite clear what's dead wood. Sometimes this may take two years as the stem is healthy but the root is damaged.
Your climate is more like the inland continental climate here. They have had down to almost -40C some places now. It seems to continue another two weeks here also, a little less cold from next weekend.
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I find the sound of naturally falling hoarfrost crystals to be much more melodic. Under foot, it is more of a cacophony.
You are right, Rick. But where the hoarfrost crystals have built up a kind of network which collapse it is a nice sound, much nicer than under the foot!
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I was pleased to see evidence of social responsibility among our village residents;
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But the ladybirds would appear to be corona-deniers;
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Thank You, Trond! Fortunately we do have snow and not bare frost, as usual. These Cylamen coum still look happy, whereas the snowdrops hide their heads in the snow.
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Hamamelis ´Diana´
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Canarina canariensis , flowering in the green house, of course.
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Canarina canariensis is magnificent: is your greenhouse free of freezing?
I sowed this years ago, but got 6 inch plants in the first year, and couldn't get them through the winter ...
how do you cultivate it?
I'm afraid here for the little things that germinate in the greenhouse, it's -6 ° C in the greenhouse at night.
It's been a long time since we have had such low temperatures and little by little, I have adopted plants that are a little less hardy.
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That´s a beautiful pic, Véronique! Most of our windows are so well isolated nowadays that we see nomore what we called Eisblumen (iceflowers) in my childhood.
Canarina canariensis should be kept frostfree, though it tolerates -1 or -2 °C for some time. This plant is dormant in summer and starts to sprout in autumn, usually with the onset of rain in it´s homeland.
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Lots of tough weather! Hope everyone comes out of it okay! We've finally been having serious winter after a mild season, though we've had snow since Oct, and temps as low as -25 occasionally, that is not cold for us. Now we've had a week or so with *daytime* to -25 to -30C and nights -30 to -40C or colder. Still not extraordinary for us, but cold nonetheless. A bit of fresh snow with it, nothing major-- 15-20cm total over a number of snowfalls, with a number of very light ones.
We have one more night of -34, a few -27, and gradually up-- supposed to be -2C by mid-week. Of course it is still very early for us, and we could have cold weather for many weeks yet.
Currently waiting, (and waiting, and waiting, since yesterday) for the plumber to come, hopefully to fix or replace our water pump-- it occasionally freezes on very cold nights with wind from a certain direction, but is normally thawed in minutes with a heater; this time, I think some electrical system died.. luckily I had pre-filled the (clothes) washing machine the day before, so we've had water for washing up, and melted snow to flush the toilet! Had to go to town for some bottled water when we found out they wouldn't be here till today..
Here is something I noticed in a mesic mixed woods on the acreage-- this spot has a sizeable and growing colony of Moneses uniflora (more than you see in the pics) and this probably their most visible time of the year--the seed pods sticking out above a couple of inches of snow...(this kind of mixed wood never gets very deep snow, probably ranging from a few inches to foot or so, at the moment; farther back in the lower and wetter section, it is deeper, and in the open mowed areas in front of this wood, maybe30-40cm, which is not deep for this time of year).
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After almost-springlike temperatures and flowers popping out, it was bound to happen. A foot of snow buried it all.
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Of course we cannot compete with Your winters, Claire & Cohan, but at least we do have some kind of winter after so many years!
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Snow & flowers in the garden. :)
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Flowers in the snow look so pretty! And your snow will melt in no time, and the flowers just keep on flowering:).
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Yesterday we had a little sunshine & the crocus thought spring had arrived, grey & raining again today.
Crocus angustifolius & tommasinianus.
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Yesterday we had a little sunshine & the crocus thought spring had arrived, grey & raining again today.
Crocus angustifolius & tommasinianus.
Mike, great to see the large groups of Crocus. At the weekend and after that we will get temperatures above 17 ° C and sun. So I expect many new flowers.
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Crocuses bring spring! :)
Here it was coldest night this winter, -24,5C, but a lot of snow so plants under it are ok.
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Yesterday we had a little sunshine & the crocus thought spring had arrived, grey & raining again today.
Crocus angustifolius & tommasinianus.
How lovely - still busy with the snowdrops here in Aberdeen.
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Not much in flower here in the mountains of Norway at this time of the year.
You can take a look at this Norway spruce while we are awaiting the spring!
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An early glimpse of spring. We are lucky that one of the nicest crocuses is also one of the easiest. It is commonly sold as Crocus sieberi subsp. sublimis 'Tricolor' but it appears that the correct name is Crocus nivalis (C. nivalis 'Tricolor', I presume). In the background are the yellow Crocus Advance (said to be a cultivar of C. chrysanthus) and Iris unguicularis. The carpet is Frankenia laevis.
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A few scenes from our garden.
The vegetables are thriving!
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The first flowers of Erythronium multiscapideum are starting to open.
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Iris reticulata with Cyclamen coum.
This Iris reticulata might be the variety “Harmony”. At this time, this is the only Iris reticulata variety that survives in our garden.
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A miniature Narcissus species.
Too often our bulbs get mixed up. I plant them all anyway – they are attractive and the Narcissus, such as this one, can be very fragrant.
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Moraea macroyx is very pretty and thrives in our garden.
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Matthiola incana, Common Stock.
This is a commonly found annual frequently sold at commercial nurseries in our area. I enjoy their fragrance and grow them from seed that I save each season.
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Soil blocks filled with annual seedling.
Now that I have time, I grow a wide variety of both winter and summer annuals each season.
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Rhododdendron mucronulatum ‘Berg’s Best’ blooms prolifically each spring.
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Looks great Robert!
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it appears that the correct name is Crocus nivalis (C. nivalis 'Tricolor', I presume).
Where did you find that information? I was just yesterday thinking about 'Tricolor' and 'Firefly' and how the latter does much better in my garden.
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Where did you find that information? I was just yesterday thinking about 'Tricolor' and 'Firefly' and how the latter does much better in my garden.
Before I post something here I check the names either with https://wcsp.science.kew.org/ (World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, mainly monocots) or with http://powo.science.kew.org/ (Plants of the World Online). It often turns out that names used in the trade are synonyms (if the plants aren't misidentified in the first place).
It seems that 'Firefly' is a cultivar of Crocus atticus, so 'Tricolor' is now considered to be a different species (C. nivalis). That may explain why one is more difficult to keep than the other.
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Lucky that early spring flowers are tough! A while till I will see any here-- this week we have days from around freezing to +8 or so, nights mostly well below 0 still, and some winter coming again on the weekend... still poplars and willows could be flowering in March if conditions are moderate... we had mid-winter conditions into mid-April last year, then it all melted and warmed quickly.
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Mike, Robert, Andre--nice to see the colour and life! I've been digging through old photos, which is the only colour here for a while..lol
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At last. After 6 weeks with damaging frost (down to at least -16C in my garden) warmer weather arrived a week ago. Now the first spring flowers appear too.
Unknown snowdrops and Crocus tomassinianus are always early. Also Helleborus foetidus is early.
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Really warm this week & the plants really are growing quickly.
Daphne bholua Jaqueline Postill.
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Really warm this week & the plants really are growing quickly.
Daphne bholua Jaqueline Postill.
Mike, your Daphne bholua 'Jaqueline postill' looks very good. There is no frost damage. Here the flowers and some leaves are frozen during the cold period.
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After an unusual spell of winter spring has arrived in this part of Germany!
Snowdrops, Primula vulgaris and Corydalis caucasica.
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Hellebores.
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Scilla bifolia and snowdrops.
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Hepatica nobilis, Cyclamen coum, snowdrops and corydalis.
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We've had some seasonally warm weather here too, but still a long way from flowers! Here are a couple of views from yesterday--
Two views of the Eurasian/Mesic Beds-- fairly ordinary snow cover, though overall we have not had as much snow as usual. Melting weather in recent days, though still more chances of snow and cold weather for a many weeks yet.
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The mound in front is all snow- at the corner of the driveway- it could be twice this high or more in some years, rises and falls all winter, but won't be all gone for a long time-- right below it is a perennial bed with Achillea, Veronica, roses etc
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Part of the driveway- a plus of lower snowfall is that it *may* be faster/easier to get the driveway melted and dried out (snow from sides melts onto it sometimes for weeks, causing puddles, mud, ice etc-- so I spend time pushing it back, redirecting water etc!)
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Mike, your Daphne bholua 'Jaqueline postill' looks very good. There is no frost damage. Here the flowers and some leaves are frozen during the cold period.
Herman we have had some of the worst frosts for quite a number of years & very surprised the Daphne came through with no damage at all.
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Herman we have had some of the worst frosts for quite a number of years & very surprised the Daphne came through with no damage at all.
Good news!
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it has been warm also here, days +5C and snow is starting to melt, but this warm period lasts only for a week and then colder returns again:(, but not for long I hope.
Hepatica nobilis, Cyclamen coum, snowdrops and corydalis.
Mariette, how beautiful scene, and Hepatica seems like growing from Cyclamen leaves:).
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Iris 'Sheila Ann Germaney'. I've had Katherine Hodgkin for a few years now and she does well with me, so last year I bought some bulbs of her siblings! Hopefully they will be just as good.
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Iris 'Sheila Ann Germaney'. I've had Katherine Hodgkin for a few years now and she does well with me, so last year I bought some bulbs of her siblings! Hopefully they will be just as good.
She is very nice, Tristan!
I have tried Katherine several times and she looks very good but the early slugs like her also so she doesn't last more than a couple years :'(
Yesterday we had 10C and a few hours sun!
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It's funny how slugs seem to go for different things in different places Trond, because we have no shortage of these here. I have had similar experiences with other plants, where I can grow supposedly 'slug proof' plants only for them to get eaten, whilst supposedly sensitive species are left alone.
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Tristan,
It seems the slugs somehow "learn" what to eat. I had Katherine Hodgkin several years before the slugs "found" it. After that they always take it as soon as it emerge in spring. The same with Lathyrus vernus. I have had many plants for years and it self sowed around. One spring I suddenly found 60 slugs in one plant and after that they always go for it too. Now I pick hundreds of slugs from the L. vernus plants every spring. It has been the same with other plant species too. It is not fun when plants you think are slug proof suddenly are not.
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Tristan,
It seems the slugs somehow "learn" what to eat. I had Katherine Hodgkin several years before the slugs "found" it. After that they always take it as soon as it emerge in spring. The same with Lathyrus vernus. I have had many plants for years and it self sowed around. One spring I suddenly found 60 slugs in one plant and after that they always go for it too. Now I pick hundreds of slugs from the L. vernus plants every spring. It has been the same with other plant species too. It is not fun when plants you think are slug proof suddenly are not.
How nice to see the sun Trond! not to mention more flowers.
You're right with the slugs. I never had the 'pleasure' to collect so many slugs on anything but I noticed that after one year Gypsophila tenuifolia was eaten almost to the point of destruction (by the time I noticed), they are now trying to do the same while there are other palatable species nearby.
New generations might somehow inherit the 'taste' for some species (?).
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it seems that slugs are crazy about rapeseed seedlings and that we can educate them to eat only that !. it would be a way of preventing them from eating our treasures.
but you have to find rapeseed in quantity and I don't know if it can germinate anytime.
I have not tried yet