Posted by Dave Hill on February 8, 2008, 11:10 am
About a mile away from us is a roundabout over the M4 and on the
aproach road there is a Hawthorn that is always the first into leaf,
and is my indicator of springs timing,
Last year it came into leaf mid to late Feb.
Well I went passed it today for the first time since we came back
from our Holls and it is well into leaf and quite green, must have
started about 2 weeks ago.
That makes it about 3 weeks earlier than last year, and that was
earlier than normal.
I must check for frogs spawn.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries
Posted by Sacha on February 8, 2008, 11:38 am
On 8/2/08 16:10, in article
a97e2a01-60de-4309-8a26-e21563f7f34c@l16g2000hsh.googlegroups.com, "Dave
> About a mile away from us is a roundabout over the M4 and on the
> aproach road there is a Hawthorn that is always the first into leaf,
> and is my indicator of springs timing,
> Last year it came into leaf mid to late Feb.
> Well I went passed it today for the first time since we came back
> from our Holls and it is well into leaf and quite green, must have
> started about 2 weeks ago.
> That makes it about 3 weeks earlier than last year, and that was
> earlier than normal.
> I must check for frogs spawn.
> David Hill
> Abacus Nurseries
Our toads were around two nights ago but I think they're later here than in
many others places. Having said that our snow drops were being a bit sulky,
they've suddenly burst forth in the last day or so. And the Oemleria
cerasiformis that Ray put in the garden last year has come into flower and
promises to be very beautiful, especially as it gets larger.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
Posted by Jeff Layman on February 10, 2008, 5:17 am
Sacha wrote:
And the Oemleria cerasiformis that Ray put in the garden last
> year has come into flower and promises to be very beautiful,
> especially as it gets larger.
I wonder why this plant isn't seen more often. It's a delightful shrub or
small tree, with nicely scented flowers. And it flowers when not much else
is in flower (well, maybe not this year!).
--
Jeff
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Posted by Sacha on February 11, 2008, 4:53 am
On 10/2/08 10:17, in article xKSdnTIEG7Zkjy3anZ2dnUVZ_t2inZ2d@tcp.co.uk,
> Sacha wrote:
> And the Oemleria cerasiformis that Ray put in the garden last
>> year has come into flower and promises to be very beautiful,
>> especially as it gets larger.
>
> I wonder why this plant isn't seen more often. It's a delightful shrub or
> small tree, with nicely scented flowers. And it flowers when not much else
> is in flower (well, maybe not this year!).
I agree. It's a fairly 'quiet' thing, so perhaps it doesn't get enough
attention for itself. But as you say, it's very pretty, scented (though not
powerfully so) and its fresh, bright green leaves unfurling are a joy in
themselves.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
Posted by Charlie Pridham on February 8, 2008, 11:45 am
In article <a97e2a01-60de-4309-8a26-
e21563f7f34c@l16g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, david@abacus-nurseries.co.uk
says...
> About a mile away from us is a roundabout over the M4 and on the
> aproach road there is a Hawthorn that is always the first into leaf,
> and is my indicator of springs timing,
> Last year it came into leaf mid to late Feb.
> Well I went passed it today for the first time since we came back
> from our Holls and it is well into leaf and quite green, must have
> started about 2 weeks ago.
> That makes it about 3 weeks earlier than last year, and that was
> earlier than normal.
> I must check for frogs spawn.
> David Hill
> Abacus Nurseries
>
Down here we never see Hawthorn leaves before mid March and its quite
noticible that as you go up the A30 the hedges get greener, so it can not
be just lack of cold but must have something to do with heat as well. But
early February is very early, but I bet there are still some cold nights
to come.
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea
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> aproach road there is a Hawthorn that is always the first into leaf,
> and is my indicator of springs timing,
> Last year it came into leaf mid to late Feb.
> Well I went passed it today for the first time since we came back
> from our Holls and it is well into leaf and quite green, must have
> started about 2 weeks ago.
> That makes it about 3 weeks earlier than last year, and that was
> earlier than normal.
> I must check for frogs spawn.
> David Hill
> Abacus Nurseries