January2013 in the Northern Hemisphere

[ArnoldT]

Rick:

I'm not sure but the scent fills the house. It's the only orange I have.

[Maggi Young]

Do Blood orange flowers smell any different than "regular" orange blooms?

Not from my ( long ago) experience with huge orchards of mixed orange varieties in Libya, Rick - they all have the same scrumptious fragrance that so delights me!
Every orange blossom I have encountered since is equally lovely.

[pehe]

After 3 weeks in December with snow and frost the temperature is now about 10 ^oC. In the garden many plants think it is spring.

1. The very first Eranthis hyemalis
2. Eranthis pinnatifida follows soon
3. More E. pinnatifida to come
4. Galanthus 'Spindlestone surprise'

Poul

[pehe]

And a few more.

5. Galanthus 'Barnes'
6. Muscari adilii from JR
7. Muscari adilii from PC looks different from the above
8. A late Colchicum troodi
9. Muscari aucheri 'Autumn Glory' over its best

Poul

[Jozef Lemmens]

These 2 two plants are already past their best flowering time.
Daphne suriel is a Himalayan species (India). In my garden (greenhouse) the leaves start to grow again after flowering.

   

Petrocosmea rosettifolia is a gesneriad growing on rocks in Yunnan (China) at about 1400m.

   

Both plants are not hardy (here in Belgium).

[WimB]

In flower here now; Helleborus liguricus. Sown in August 2010, first flowers now.



Filling the greenhouse with a wonderful citrussy smell!

[krisderaeymaeker]

Already a lot of beautiful things ....
Here an early flowering form of Adonis amurensis (sold to me as dahurica )

[Michael J Campbell]

Asphodelus acaulis

[krisderaeymaeker]

Asphodelus acaulis

I am so happy that he grows so wel Michael.     And flowering earlier then the motherplant....

[Michael J Campbell]

 

[daveyp1970]

Poul this is my Muscari adilli from Paul Christian.

I don't think it is but keying out is a nightmare.So little is written on this genus.

[WimB]

Some plants in flower here now:

4 x Cyclamen coum
Galanthus ikariae subsp. snogerupii (should be G. ikariae)
and Helleborus niger

[Jozef Lemmens]

I don’t see a lot of differences among these Daphne laureola forms.

Daphne laureola ssp. philippi is about 50-60 cm in height. A nice compact shrub.

   

Daphne laureola 'Margaret Mathew' is a little bit smaller and laxer growing. But maybe this is because I put this plant in a drier area of my garden.

   

Daphne laureola v. cantabrica is the smallest one (about 30 cm in height) and seems to be less hardy. Probably from the Cantabrica mountains in Spain.

   

I am wondering whether anyone has other clones/forms/subspecies and would be interested in exchanging.

[fleurbleue]

I like all the white and green flowers and H. liguricus is particularly beautiful, Wim ! 

[freddyvl]

Already blooming in the open garden, Helleborus thibetanus (cool dappled shade and somewhat moist conditions, endemic to western China).