Here, just north of Washington, D.C., things are popping here and there. Snowdrops have been in bloom since mid-November; those were various Galanthus elwesii selections; now the main run of garden hybrids has started. And Helleborus niger cultivars ('Jacob' and 'Josef Lemper') have been blooming for weeks. . Helleborus foetidus, my favorite hellebore, is also blooming now. Winter jasmine, allowed to run up into a plum yew, is now a cascading cloud of yellow blooms. Two days ago winter aconites started (suddenly it seemed to me) to show color, and buds of Camellia japonica are enlarging and just barely showing red petal color. No sign of bloom on Cyclamen coum yet. The week ahead is predicted to be mild, so the next list should be longer. Jim McKenneyMontgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where two hardy palms, both Rhapidophyllum hystrix, laugh from their cozy niches at our winters.
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