Last Wednesday, the flower buds on the Wisteria were barely turning purple. By Saturday it was in bloom. It’s already almost at the point shown in this picture from 5/7/00. After the mild winter, and last week’s hot spell, the spring is running about two weeks ahead of average.
thats the way they look:>)
how long do the flowers last??
driving down rt's 1-9 in JC yesterday spotted a whole field overrun with full bloom wisteria and thought it was early too. thanks for the confirmation.
I think it can last a couple of weeks, but that's depending on the weather. Another effect of the hot spell seems to be that many blooms have come and gone faster than usual. The Japanese Cherries, which usually hang around till Mayday, are already fading. Look fast, or you may miss this Spring. Be careful with Wisteria, it's a strangler, and it's poisonous, which may have something to do with its inclusion in this TS Eliot poem, but I'll leave the interpretation to you.
liquid droppings? what the.... major error
the correction is siftings..
& let their liquid siftings fall...
I mean this kind of slack transciption is what is the problem with the goddamn inertnet!
Not only that, nobody's got a greek typeface, so you lose the intro. There's a translation here, but you have to scroll down for it.
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- alex 4-22-2002 2:21 am
thats the way they look:>)
how long do the flowers last??
- Skinny 4-22-2002 4:45 pm [add a comment]
driving down rt's 1-9 in JC yesterday spotted a whole field overrun with full bloom wisteria and thought it was early too. thanks for the confirmation.
- bill 4-22-2002 6:09 pm [add a comment]
I think it can last a couple of weeks, but that's depending on the weather. Another effect of the hot spell seems to be that many blooms have come and gone faster than usual. The Japanese Cherries, which usually hang around till Mayday, are already fading. Look fast, or you may miss this Spring. Be careful with Wisteria, it's a strangler, and it's poisonous, which may have something to do with its inclusion in this TS Eliot poem, but I'll leave the interpretation to you.
- alex 4-22-2002 10:28 pm [add a comment]
whats poisonus?? the flowers, leaves...??
- Skinny 4-23-2002 4:20 pm [add a comment]
Cornell says all parts, others point to the pods and seeds, but you'd have to eat a lot to have a problem.
And your little dog, too.
- alex 4-23-2002 5:50 pm [add a comment]
liquid droppings? what the.... major error
the correction is siftings..
& let their liquid siftings fall...
I mean this kind of slack transciption is what is the problem with the goddamn inertnet!
- frank 4-23-2002 12:18 am [add a comment]
Not only that, nobody's got a greek typeface, so you lose the intro. There's a translation here, but you have to scroll down for it.
- alex 4-23-2002 1:01 am [add a comment]