Happy Earth Day!(early)…40th Anniversary April 22nd

6 thoughts on “Happy Earth Day!(early)…40th Anniversary April 22nd”

1. Such a sweet little bloom.

2. PS. Norma, I’m confused. Isn’t Earth Day in April? I ask because our daughter was born on April 21, and we almost called her Tara, much to her delight we didn’t and she remains a 3rd generation Katherine.

3. Glory of the Snow (or Chionodoxa forbesii )

   The flowers appear just as the snow disappears….have been known to bloom through the snow.

4. http://www.paghat.com/chionodoxa.html

   “Granny Artemis & Paghat the Ratgirl live on a high hilltop in a working-class neighborhood overlooking Sinclair Inlet of Puget Sound. In the 1870s the settlement was called Charlestown, today called “the old Charlestown neighborhood.” Our Edwardian era home was a humble orchard grower’s house a century ago, but by today’s standard it’s a mini-mansion. It’s certainly a wonderful place for two eccentric gals to ramble around in.”

   The Garden of Paghat … is a lovely website…..check it out!

   http://www.paghat.com/gardenhome.html

5. I believe your plant is a scilla…… however, I have been incorrect before — albeit rarely.

6. Re: Scilla
   http://www.bulbsociety.org/GALLERY_OF_THE_WORLDS_BULBS/GRAPHICS/Scilla/Scillalist.shtml

   Most specimens of Glory of the Snow show blue to lavender flowers with white centers. But the variety alba shows white flowers, and the cultivar “Pink Giant” shows pink flowers with white centers.

   The stamens are flattened and closely clustered in the middle of the flower. In the related genus Scilla, the stamens are not clustered together.

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