Jim, Great to hear you talk about "patches" of T. nivale. My little plant (2 eyes, 2 flowers) takes hope. It survived in a pot and I need to find a deer-safe place for it. On Mar 17, 2010, at 3:58 PM, J.E. Shields wrote: > It's a beautiful spring day in Indiana! There are more flowers > blooming > outdoors every day, it seems. We have numerous Iris reticulata > cultivars > ion bloom, including 'Gordon', 'Pauline', and 'Pixie'. > > One accession of Trillium nivale is blooming in several patches. > Only one > of the patches suffered chomping by something (snails?) under the > winter > cover of dead leaves. > > The first Narcissus of the season is in bloom since yesterday, > probably > Rijnveld's Early Sensation. There is a form of Crocus coming up in > scattered places where I did not plant them. > > Corydalis angustifolia seedlings are up and in bloom in many places > in the > bed where I originally planted C. angustifolium 'Georgian White'. > This > species seems to be self-fertile. > > My two shoots of Colchicum (Bulbocodium) vernum are in flower. The > buds > were snow white but they opened the proper pink color. > > There are still lots of spring flowers yet to appear. > > Jim Shields > in mild and sonny Westfield, Indiana > USA > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > Carlo A. Balistrieri Flemington, NJ 262.490.6163 Zone 6