Down to the wire -Spring - KC Style
James Waddick (Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:49:01 PST)

Dear friends,
The extra leap day of February has allowed me to make some
spring bloom claims in the garden. Enough ice melted to see some
actual flowering and even more potential. Today, March 1 is forecast
up to 60 degrees F before it plunges back into the mid-teens in a day
or two.

So I can make the following tally:

Narcissus (minor) 'Cedric Morris' fully opened a day or two
during a slight melting.

Eranthis (Winter Aconite ) - 2 flowers fully open, but many
others turning upwards.

Galanthus nivalis (mostly) Quite a few turning down and some
expanding, but none quite open- perhaps later today.

Crocus - none, but anticipating C. sieberi 'Firefly' and C.
ancyrensis if the sun and today's warming persist. Both show color.

Cyclamen ( I think caucasicum) showing color and turning up
barely. Still in tight bud.

Adonis amurensis up and 'trying'.

Not what you'd call a spring display, but a hint. The
forecast calls for a low of 18 or 19 tomorrow and heavy rains on
still deeply frozen ground. It is definitely 'not nice' out, but some
day soon.....

Optimistically yours Jim W.

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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 +