Yes go for it! Feel free to start a thread here!

Lyn, would you feel more at ease if one of us started it as a general Gardening Questions thread? Or do you want to do it? (I'm always happy to start a thread so I would be glad to. )

So, has anyone else participated in the membership drive? I got two people to join , @LY and @lizb, so if you run into either of them, be nice cause they're friends of mine. Well, lizb is my sister! but also, yanno....

:D

Who else did we bring in new?

that's wonderful Kyla!

me too.

Does anyone have evergreen plants that are holding up to this weather. I'm enclosing some of my better looking plants and was wondering if anyone else grows any of these? The first one is Thymus pseudolanuginosus




Second picture Ophiopogon plainscapus 'Nigrescens'

Third photo is Bergenia 'Pink Dragonfly' true to its name the foliage has a uniform winter color.











This last one is Sarcoccocca hookeriana var. humilis. A true evergreen in my freezing area. It will begin to bloom in late February even in snow and below temperatures.

That's very cool, Treehugger. My rhododendron has held its green foliage through the cold and snow. Also nandina.

Catmint20906 said:That's very cool, Treehugger. My rhododendron has held its green foliage through the cold and snow. Also nandina.

I have no plants outside except the daffodils in the field and they are already coming up in spots. I also have rhododendron on the north side of the house that has nice buds on it but this freezing weather is brutal. I wonder if the ground is warm because the Iris is coming up also. Very strange.

They are small but they are a sign of Spring to my old eyes.

I get excited when ever I see anything this time of year JB. I also have the short Iris but they are evergreen. Well actually a few different Iris that keep their foliage but never think of them as winter interest. They flower in late March or early April. Catmint I also have Nandine growing. Last year it died right to the ground for the first time since I have been growing it. The red berries always looked so rich against the snow. It did come back over the summer and when I looked out the foliage has turned red on the top of the new growth but it is looking fine, just no berries this winter.

No daffs for me yet, but I'm hoping to begin to see some crocuses in another 4-6 weeks!! Already I can see it staying lighter longer each day--and today it was a balmy 50!

hi, all. We now have a brand new Midatlantic Gardening badge, courtesy of Dave!!
Check it out:
http://garden.org/users/prefs/...

Yay, thanks! I just bought me one. Nice choice!

me too! I really like it!

Hello.
First of all, be aware that I am not Jill.
In fact it was one of Jill's posts on Cubits that led me over here.
If you want to abbreviate, you can call me critterg like mamajack does.
Otherwise, Jill is Critterologist and I am Crittergarden.

I thing PA is in the midAtlantic category with AAA because of its coastal side and I am over here in southwestern PA - PITTSBURGH, to be precise. I love it here. I got here in 2003, bought a house with a window overlooking the backyard, which is boundaried at the back with woods. I had a 12 year old kitty at the time and I knew she and I would both love that window. She did. I do. And all the kitties I've shown it to love it too.

12 seasons in, I am finally getting my garden to look like something.
But I won't be posting pictures until I get a better fence.

crittergarden...you will feel at home here and even if you live in Texas, we welcome everyone here at the Midatlantic. Find a forum and enjoy your day chatting with all of us. If you want to talk about your critters, pets, anything other than garden, try the Sandbox forum and see if there is a thread there where you want to pop in and say Hi.

Welcome critterg! So glad to have you here! PA is definitely in the mid Atlantic!

Critterg, I am so glad you've landed here! I've always loved your posts and like JB said, you could live in Texas, or on the moon for that matter, and if you feel at home here, stick around and be welcome.



Edit: Also, we talk about all kinds of things right here, as well as about the garden, so..... have at it.

Hi Critterg. Please feel free to explore our various threads on pets, food, weather, and whatnot. This is a regional forum so we are not as strict about off topic as the plant-focused forums. We want people to feel comfortable, relaxed, and 'at home' here!

Critterg ...

I live in northern California and the people here make me feel like I am a real person who loves gardening and put up with all of my questions and moans and groans graciously.

So, from my experience it doesn't matter where you live, you belong on this forum.

It's going to be fun learning from you !

Smiles,
Lyn