Thawing Out

Published Thursday, January 18, 2007 by Chris | E-mail this post

It's finally thawing out, but one thing the ice didn't stop was the WONDERFUL fragrance of the Roman hyacinths. Even in their frozen state a hint of their almost spicy fragrance hit your nose. Same was true with the sweet citrus-like smell of the Double Romans and Chinese sacred lilies. And...this paperwhite (Narcissus tazetta papyraceous) still had it's fragrance...

Even though our white frozen friend might loose this bloom, the nice thing is that he is still very much alive. He will continue to grow and come back full force for next year. We might even get another bloom to shoot up this year and we still have all the late blooming tazetta variety such as the Narcissus tazetta 'Grand Primo' to come! Shown above here is the beginnings of a campernelle (Narcissus x odorus 'Campernelli') trying to bloom.

mrsw. you're in our hearts and prayers.