February Gold is just now blooming in Coastal Southern California, zone 9 - 10. It's a good one for warm winter areas chuck Schwartz San Clemente,CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Shaw" <jshaw@opuntiads.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 4:10 PM Subject: [pbs] Narcissus 'February Gold' > Hi Gang, > > About a month ago Jim M. wrote that Narcissus 'February Gold' was blooming > in his Maryland garden. My own plants are just starting to bloom. Today > is > Feb. 16, and this is a day or two earlier than I've got them down for in > my > notes, but I think my notes are very general. So, I think they are > blooming > for me the same time as they always do. > > We've had an exceptionally mild winter. Perhaps, 'February Gold' just > needs > a certain amount of time before it can bloom in mild climates. Perhaps it > just can't make buds quickly in mild climates. > > > Cordially, > > Joe > Conroe TX > First hard frost was last night, 23 F. All other frosts this winter have > been 27 F or warmer. Ten years ago this was USDA climate zone 8b. Now it > qualifies as zone 9a by a single frost, otherwise it would be 9b. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php