Urban Landscape, Native Landscape: January Garden Pictures & Bloom Times

Friday, February 4, 2011

January Garden Pictures & Bloom Times

Cyclamen coum January 2011

Erica x darleyensis 'Goldrush' January 2011

Helleborus lividus January 2011

Paeonia suffruticosa 'Zi Er Giao'

Primula x juliana 'Wanda' January 2010

Below is a list of plants that began to bloom in my garden in Seattle in January 2011. I recorded the date when the 1st flower opened, not when they were in bud. Not very many plants bloomed in my garden in January. Nurseries in Seattle usually sell plants when they are in bloom. I have included dates from previous years. Weather conditions probably account for most of the difference in bloom times.

01-05-11 Veronica pectinata 3-05-10, 4-06-09, 3-30-08
01-21-11 Primula elatior 2-25-10, 3-2-09
01-25-11 Euphorbia rigida 1-20-10, 2-12-09, 1-19-08
01-26-11 Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Pallida’ 1-20-10, 1-20-09
01-27-11 Iris ‘Katharine Hodgkin’ 1-25-10, 2-10-08
01-27-11 Mahonia aquifolium 1-28-10, 3-13-08
01-29-11 Helleborus x hybridus 1-15-10, 1-17-09, 1-26-08

1 comment:

Masha said...: You have a lot going on in your garden. It was nice to see cyclamen, I love them too. I am surprised you have irises blooming already, it is too early for them here. Your hellebores are beautiful.; February 8, 2011 at 8:15 PM

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