What's blooming week of 16 January
contact (Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:15:38 PST)

Hello all,
The report of Mary Sue puzzles me. The species flowering with now,
normally flower here end of April. South of France 10 km form the
méditerranean sea (comparable to northern California). We also had a very
dry and mild winter, but still very little abnormal early flowering; At the
moment we have:
Dahlia imperialis (end), Iris unguicularis, Iris bicapitata (thanks Angelo),
Crocus ancyrence, C.imperati, Nerine bowdenii (end), Kniphofia rooperi,
Leucojum aestivum (2 months early) L.tingitatum, Narcissus tazetta (many
forms), Narcissus cordobense, Moraea polystachya, Cyclamen pseudibericum,
Galanthus elwesii, Anemone coronaria (white form) A. hortense (6 weeks
early), Dipsaci serotinum, Freesia viridis (1 month early).
But if the weather keeps going we will have for the second year running an
early spring (3-4 weeks early), but nothing like Northern California. From
what I understand from South African reports: dry winters lead to poor
springflowering, which is the reason that I have heavily irrigated our
gardens already twice this winter

Kind greetings

Lauw de Jager
http://www.bulbargence.com/
-----Original Message-----
In a dry winter such as you seem to be having this year on the north west
coast, it seems that the dryness has been beneficial in some ways for you.