On 1 Feb 2009, at 16:48, Mary Sue Ittner wrote: > Any reports from other parts of the world of successes and plants lost to > the weather? About 700 miles north of Mary Sue, there's very little in flower. Iris unguicularis has recovered from our December cold snap, which got down to about -12C (about +10F). Crocus laevigatus is going over. Eranthis hyemalis (the usual acid yellow, a paler yellow, and a soft orange-tinged form) is in full flower and will probably keep going to the end of the month. Cyclamen coum has a few stray flowers here and there, but not a lot. And some early snowdrops are doing their thing, with buds on clumps of later-flowering types. I think I got all my tender plants into protected storage when the cold weather arrived mid-December, so though not out to be enjoyed, they're still alive. Like Mary Sue, we could use more rain here. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island http://maps.google.ca/maps/… The following section of this message contains a file attachment prepared for transmission using the Internet MIME message format. If you are using Pegasus Mail, or any another MIME-compliant system, you should be able to save it or view it from within your mailer. If you cannot, please ask your system administrator for assistance. ---- File information ----------- File: gucharmap.desktop Date: 9 Apr 2008, 7:46 Size: 6936 bytes. Type: Unknown