Weather and What's in Bloom this Week -- Nov 7
J.E. Shields (Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:19:02 PST)

I just noticed the first few flakes of snow of this season drifting down
outdoors. We have not yet had a killing frost this fall, and the snow is
not going to stick, even if it amounts to more than a few random flakes.
But still, I'm really not psychologically ready for snow yet this winter!

Flowering is very thin in the greenhouses just now. I noticed a scape on
Clivia robusta "Maxima" yesterday, and the flowers on last week's Nerine
sarniensis hybrids have not yet faded. Haemanthus albiflos still has a few
umbels in bloom as well. There are a couple blooms on Caliphruria
korsakoffii and Cryptostephanus vansonii as well.

Outdoors the other day, I saw a few flowers of Crocus cartwrightianus in
bloom as well. I had feared they were going to skip blooming this year. I
need to check the Lycrois and see if there are any ripe seeds on chinensis
or longituba, if the sun comes out.

Jim

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Jim Shields USDA Zone 5
P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/
Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA
Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W