[pbs] Chionodoxa help
Jim McKenney
jimmckenney at jimmckenney.com
Tue Apr 8 11:59:59 EDT 2008
No Scilla/Chionodoxa photos today. And contrary to what I said in a previous
post, they are not holding up well. Instead, they are looking water-stained,
bloated and bleached.
I overheard a tv weather report last night which said our temperatures this
week are running 20 degrees below normal. No sun, wet and cold: can this be
Maryland in April?
A small planting of tulips of the pulchella group is full of plants in
advanced bud (some were open before the curtain was pulled over the sun). I
took a look at them today and they are full of botrytis: the petals are
splotched with necrotic spots.
And something is eating the arilate irises: slugs? I don't see slime trails,
so I'm not sure. Is there some other early riser which eats irises?
A startling event yesterday afternoon gave me a real thrill. I stepped out
of the house and absentmindedly focused on the edge of the pool. A four foot
high tower of a bird suddenly ballooned into a blur of silver, gray and blue
and flapped away revealing a huge wingspan. It was of course a great blue
heron, a relatively common bird in this area. Usually they are so shy that
one does not get close to them before they fly. To see such a huge bird in a
tiny back yard garden really puts their size into perspective. Its wingspan
was so wide that there was hardly room for it to flap without hitting
something.
Jim McKenney
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