[Magdalen] Signs of the season

[Marion Thompson]

I had H.'Jelena' outside my kitchen window in Whitevale.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 2/8/2017 5:21 PM, Susan Hagen wrote:
> This one is not wild or even native.  It's a cross between Chinese and
> Japanese types.  I give preference to native trees and shrubs but
> wanted this right at the front corner of my house where the native
> would likely outgrow the space.
>
> http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=c167
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:47 PM, Charles Wohlers
> <charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
>> Here in New England, wild witch hazel blooms in December. Maybe yours is
>> confused?
>>
>> We still have a foot-and-a-half of snow on the ground.   :-(
>> In about an hour I drive down to Mass., where close to a foot of snow is
>> expected tomorrow.
>>
>> No Spring here.
>>
>> Chad Wohlers
>> Woodbury, VT USA
>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Jay Weigel
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 2:35 PM
>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Signs of the season
>>
>>
>> The ivory hellebores have opened, and snow crocus abound. The snowdrops are
>> blooming in their lovely microclimate and nothing will stop them, not even
>> tomorrow's promised temps in the 30s. The daffodils are definitely poking
>> their noses up.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:13 PM Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My witch hazel is in bloom.  It's a copper colored on called 'Jelena'
>>>
>>> and this is about the right time for it.  My snowdrops have been in
>>>
>>> bloom for about 2 weeks.  I saw the first forsythia yesterday, pretty
>>>
>>> early for around here.  Daffodils are up but not in bud yet.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
>>>
>>> you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
>>>
>>> land of Egypt.
>>>
>>> Leviticus 19:34
>>>
>>>
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