Kathleen, SAfter all these years of growing, it's still a thrill to see a seedling bloom. Erythronium sibericum budded here for the first time. It's like magic. I can't wait to see it. Rick K On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Kathleen Sayce <ksayce@willapabay.org>wrote: > Many others in this group have written about the joy of seeing first > flowers on plants grown from seed. > > Today the first flowers opened on a pot of Erythronium revolutum, seed > collected 5 years ago on a local mountain trail. I counted 17 buds, so will > have flowers for a couple of weeks. From the size of leaves, this pot of > bulbs is already producing offsets, so will be decanted this summer when > dormant, and the bulbs divided between garden and pot. Meanwhile, the > lowland E. revolutum is growing its seed pod, having been in flower a month > ago. > > In local woods, leaf out is underway, with hardwood trees' leaves about > 1/3-1/2 open. Lovely light greens to gold colors. > > Cheers, > Kathleen > > Kathleen Sayce > PNW Coast, WHZ 8, dryish cool summers & mild wet winters > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >