January2013 in the Northern Hemisphere

[ashley]

Lovely hellebores Michael.  They're not so advanced here.

In the greenhouse,
Correa 'Federation Belle'    flowering since November and with quite a few buds to come
Tropaeolum tricolor    just starting now

[krisderaeymaeker]

Very colourful Ashley !

Here some Dionysia's flowering .
First two  'Ewesley Theta ' (with one week difference )  ,  then archibaldii .....and 'Judith Bramley '

[brianw]

Iris winogradowii fully out today in a forgotten pot, under fleece protecting other pots from the snow. Pure chance it did not get flattened by the weight of the snow. Some more to come in the same pot hopefully.

[WimB]

For the last day of January, here are some pics of plants flowering here now:

Helleborus atrorubens
Galanthus artjuschenkoae
Cyclamen coum
Crocus angustifolius 'Bronze form'
and Eranthis hyemalis

[ArnoldT]

In the cold greenhouse.

Asphodelus acaulis

[hadacekf]

  Unbelievable but true.

On Tuesday 29.01. we had -8 ° C and 40 cm of snow.
Today on Thursday 31. 01.  no snow and +12 C.
Eranthis hyemalis and Crocus oliveri begin to flower.

[krisderaeymaeker]

  Unbelievable but true.
On Tuesday 22.01. we had -8 ° C and 40 cm of snow.
Today on Thursday 24. 01.  no snow and +12 C.
Eranthis hyemalis and Crocus oliveri begin to flower.

What a story Franz.....
But variaton keep us alive ....and what a nice carpet with Eranthis !

[Gert Hoek]

here a little treasure Eranthis pinattifida

Hello Ian, you allready noticed that I like this little treasure a lot.

[Gert Hoek]

  Unbelievable but true.

On Tuesday 29.01. we had -8 ° C and 40 cm of snow.
Today on Thursday 31. 01.  no snow and +12 C.
Eranthis hyemalis and Crocus oliveri begin to flower.

Hello Franz, what a difference!!Beautifull plants

[David Nicholson]

Very colourful Wim and Franz. The winds are shredding everything here.

Lovely Asphodelus Arnold, beautiful colour.

[johnw]

January 14 was a decent day.  Ken was working at a garden on the coast and I went out there for lunch.   To my amazement I discovered a flower on Gentiana dinarica ready to open and predicted an untimely demise in light of the artic blast in waiting.   Ten or more rotten frigid days followed with highs under -6c and double digit lows to -16c.  Today he photographed it.    Good grief I see another in that pic getting ready to flower....I'll shut up about that one.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

It's survival tales like that which give us the hope to carry on with plants, isn't it? Since sometimes "hope" is all we've got!

[Jonny_SE]

I still need to wait weeks for the first flower buds...If there ever will be any...ceazy winter this far..one week it's 8*C and rain..the next -22*c and no snow cover...been going like this yo-yo all winter...Those plants that survive this winter will in my opinion been classified as "Hardy"   ...the rest will be nice nobel compost for the future.. ....but  i really enjoy the pics you guy's post..feels like spring around the corner even here....Cheers Jonny

[johnw]

jonny  - I can relate.  It is -8c here this morning and so the ground will be nicely frozen before 10-20cm of snow tomorrow.  Thus the ground will stay frozen while the sun shine brightly on the broad-leafed evergreens until relief in late March.  Shubenacadie Sam saw his shadow this morning so 6 more weeks of winter.

Are you in Northern Sweden?

johnw

[Maggi Young]

jonny  - I can relate.  It is -8c here this morning and so the ground will be nicely frozen before 10-20cm of snow tomorrow.  Thus the ground will stay frozen while the sun shine brightly on the broad-leafed evergreens until relief in late March.  Shubenacadie Sam saw his shadow this morning so 6 more weeks of winter.

Are you in Northern Sweden?

johnw

We're having the see-saw weather too and in the Galanthus threads, we are reminded that Ground Hog Day for those "over the pond" is Candlemas  here. 
No ground hog worth his salt would even have come out of his burrow today - too blooming cold!