[Magdalen] Awake

[Jay Weigel]

Normally it doesn't do that here, but we had a couple of big snows over the
past month which delayed everything, so here we are. The snow crocuses were
about two weeks behind schedule, the hellebores and early daffodils are at
least a week behind, and other things are right about on time.

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 3/23/2015 11:01:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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> As S/O  predicted, everything has come out at once. I went out to take a
> survey  today and was pleased by what's in the sun, but completely
> delighted
> when I  rounded a corner into the edge of the woods and was greeted by a
> clump of  white crocuses, some of what we planted in our marathon bulb
> planting  several years ago when we put in almost a thousand  bulbs.>>>>
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> That's spring in the Upper Midwest.  That is, there really is no  spring.
> The slag heaps of snow melt, and suddenly it's hot and humid.   the
> few flowering trees there (mostly Flowering Crabs) and bulbs pop
> up from the ground and are finished off in a few days by the heat.
>
> OTOH, spring is my favorite time here in Pennsylvania.  This year  we
> may, as you suggest, have more of the Upper Midwestern variety.
> Ordinarily, there is a slow progression of the numerous flowering  shrubs
> and trees, plus the bulbs, etc.  It really stretches from March into  June,
> and for the native Rosebay Rhododendrons, even into the first week of
> July.
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> On the subject of bulbs, my gardener friend planted another 1,000
> daffodils
> of all descriptions (in addition to the more than 1,000 from earler
> plantings).
> Whitetail Deer do not touch them.  I can't wait!
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> David Strang.
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