I'm getting a little bit distressed hearing about all the things blooming now in supposedly cold parts of the country. Here in western South Dakota, the temperature at 5 AM today (Wednesday) was 2 F. The temperature may rise to 28 F later today, but not much more. This weekend, though, we will have high temperatures in the 40's-50's F. This is typical for this part of the state. Like Jim W's Kansas City, we are in a drought; when snow melts, it just disappears into the soil. None of the bulbs I planted last fall are showing any signs of life aboveground. It's likely that I won't see them till March, which is probably a good thing. Eugene Zielinski Rapid City, SD USA > [Original Message] > From: James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Date: 1/30/2013 9:08:10 AM > Subject: Re: [pbs] What's flowering this week January 28 in Kansas City > > Dear PBSers, > > We've had a roller coaster winter continuing our year of weather woes. Drought continues and the ground is literally dust for the first inch or so - then moist. > > Two days ago we had a record around 75 degrees F. Sunny with a mild breeze it was bizarre to say the least. The warmth worked and suddenly there were half a dozen clumps of Crocus 'Firefly', almost always the first to bloom here and very welcome, too. They clump up nicely to form individual bouquets in the the garden... > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/