winter i over
Arnold Trachtenberg (Thu, 04 Mar 2004 17:24:48 PST)

Well after one of the coldest and seemingly longest winters in my
memory I can see the advance of spring. The colchicum foliage is
elongating nicely. Two spring blooming Colchicums are show flower bud
just a soil surface. Colchicum kesselringii ( Ruksans) and Colchicum
szovitsii "Vardaovit" ( Pacific Rim) are looking good. I was
especially concerned about the C. szovitsii because it is new and
untested in my climate. Snowdrops have been up for weeks and on a warm
day they inflate with pride.

Pictures will be forthcoming when available. I enjoy the discussion
about origins of botanical names and it should be a regular topic of
discussion or even a topic of the week.

Arnold
New Jersey