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Sunday, February 4, 2018

A Solid Month Early

I covered this group of flowers pretty intently last year, but they were blooming in early March and here they are this year in early February. We are definitely way ahead if these are blooming before Valentines day.
Some day when that monograph comes out, I'll get these dialed in exactly, we all know they are in the Fritillaria complex Fritillaria JJA 17255


Ornithogalum balansae
The Star of Bethlehem doing it's thing in the early season, i'm curious when it normally blooms in it's native, Balkans, Turkey and Georgia.

Mild week in the forecast, It was in the 60's this weekend and I got a sulfur spray on the orchard, a bunch of work done on the boat and some weeds pulled in the rock garden. Still no frost in the forecast, which is kind of mind boggling for the season. 

Cheers, 
Mark

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