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In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on March 16, 2025, 4:43 pm Another late winter/early spring bloomer is now chiming in. This is called SNOW CROCUS, Crocus chrysanthus. Snow crocus are a tad earlier, and smaller flowered than the "giant" crocus... https://photos.app.goo.gl/U13td2BuYkUwKhFGA Here is a pic of an OAK-LEAVED RED HOLLY, Ilex x 'Conaf', and the pic below it, are two types of Aucuba japonica. There are quite a few Aucuba cultivars on the market now, with various forms of leaf variegation. The ones in the pic are the regular gold-speckled type, along with a 'Wisley Nana', that was a layered, rooted cutting from its mother plant. ALL did not defoliate, or dieback, despite my subzero winter minimum, with windchill factors waaay below zero. However, they were tarped-over, for the winter months: https://photos.app.goo.gl/gmWkbqy9B8y2dxK3A https://photos.app.goo.gl/mDyAH3g1s2hhXawD8 Here are several potted plants that survived my subzero winter, in my unheated garage. In winter, temps are about 10 degrees higher than in the open garden. So, I estimate the coldest temps, in my garage to have been in the single digits, minus wind. In the pic below is a Magnolia 'Coppertallica', an evergreen huckleberry, and a Berberis julianae. ALL are rated zone 7 hardy, or a zone above mine... https://photos.app.goo.gl/ciE9KaicCgCwQkvE6 Here is a pic of my STRAWBERRY TREE, Arbutus unedo. I planted it last fall. I used just a styrofoam rose cone over it, over the winter. Although it is rated z7 hardy, it seems to have survived a z6 winter: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qKjWUCkTszet21vf6

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Fred SC on March 17, 2025, 7:43 am, in reply to "In My Garden Today" I prefer these little more dwarf crocus . My mom grew these. They are so early to bloom. Alvin, that Oak leaf Holly is a keeper! Your strawberry tree did well. Your growing season is approaching. Any vegetables this year?

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Keith N. IL on March 17, 2025, 9:16 pm, in reply to "In My Garden Today" I like the early bloomers. I need to add some of those to my garden.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on March 17, 2025, 10:05 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Thanks, Fred. Yes, indeed, I have started some veggies from seed. Last month, I posted the pic below of some seed-grown collard and tomatoes, I sowed in "community pots"... https://photos.app.goo.gl/J6oTJAeNV8FcuwsG7 In the pic below, I have transplanted the collards into 6 packs, where they will grow on, until I harden them off, and set out in the garden, next month. The tomatoes will be next.. https://photos.app.goo.gl/Dzv35ynmkQf7VV8f9

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on March 17, 2025, 10:08 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Keith, I recommend them, for early spring color. They are "more perennial", too, than say tulips, which can only last a few years, if not divided.

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