Jim S wrote: The weather warmed up slightly over the weekend, so I poked around under Here it is more like 'What isn't growing'. We have had a long period of deep snow cover, followed by an odd 5 days of dense fog and only a few hours of sun in the past 2 or 3 weeks. The temps have not reached 50 for over a month. Dismal, dull and grey. By coincidence I saw a couple pictures taken in the garden of Crocus ancyrensis and Crocus sieberi 'Firefly' taken on this date , but exactly eight years ago. On this day, this year the crocus ancyrensis are just emerging, none even showing color and no sign of 'Firefly' at all. The first Galanthus are showing color, but not much else. Some early Arum have the points of shoots showing, but they look obviously freeze damaged. I know they will recover. Ipheion which try to be evergreen all winter are hanging on and look terrible. Again I know they put on more foliage and be fine. Fall foliage Lycoris are looking surprisingly well because they were buried completely in snow. These include L radiata and L. houdyshelii. Maybe this snow protection will help them bloom better come late summer. All in all the garden is still very much on hold. even the witch hazel is just sitting there. We are all waiting for a week of sunshine and some moderate temps. ... and suffering slightly from cabin fever. Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +