We all get unexpected sur-
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Sometimes, they're less than
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Like walking out your back
door and slipping on ice.
Finding a flat tire on your car.
Or having your accountant
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pleasant surprises.
An unexpected phone call
from a long-lost friend. A letter
saying you've won something
(actually won something, not
one of those junk-mail come
ons). The magnificent rainbow
like a friend recently spied in
the midst of a snowsquall. Or,
having your accountant call you
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that you will actually get a
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Even tiny surprises are day
bnghteners. Like the one I
found upon peeking in the
greenhouse one morning last
week.
There, at the top of a long
stem above a cluster of foliage,
was a giant, calla lily flower.
Ivory-white, with a waxy tex
ture, the magnificent bloom was
absolutely stunning and totally
unexpected to pop out here in
the middle of winter's chilly,
gray weather.
This yard-high plant with its
lush, arrowhead-shaped foliage
began life as a small shoot
snitched from a friend. Well, not
actually snitched. Her calla
plant had wintered here last
year. Before returning it, I
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repotted the plant and removed
one of the young shoots it had
grown in the interim.
The baby lily thrived in
manure-rich potting soil, push
ing up ever-larger leaves as its
roots poked outward and down
ward. From a four-inch pot, the
calla moved to an eight-incher,
and then into a large, nursery
stock container. It was all set to
summer out on the porch, and
maybe, if the plant felt happy
there, even bloom.
I couldn't have imagined a
move delightful promise of
spring.
But companion plants blos
soming nearby have also
responded to the lengthening
daylight and stronger sunshine.
Geraniums are sporting flower
clusters of bright red, glo-pink,
and deep fuschia shades.
Scruffy-looking impatiens are
pushing out new buds, a petunia
tentatively opens a purple blos
som and the lobelia plants
moved inside to winter cover
themselves with deep, heavenly
blue flowers. And the first pot of
paperwhite daffodils are filling
the kitchen with heavenly fra
grance.
Outside, the response is also
evident, if a bit more subtle.
Our first crocus, at a sheltered
corner of the house, spread yel-
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low and purple blooms when the
.sun shines, then curl back up
into fetal buds at sunset.
Topmost limbs of our aged pussy
willow, a good 20 feet above the
lawn, are covered with furry,
white catkins. And the more
sheltered forsythia bushes are
on the verge of popping their
buds.
Meanwhile, our orchardist
neighbors chew their nails, anx
iously watch thermometers and
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growers with the tools to suc
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Whether you've grown these
crops in the past or are just get
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long for colder weather. Buds
pushing so early have little pro
tection against early-spring cold
snaps.
So, thank you, Mother
Nature, for a late-winter sur
prise like a calla bloom. And, we
fresh peach lovers would be
ever-so-grateful if you'd turn the
bloomin' temperatures outside
down for just a little while
longer.
While early spring may seem to
be a little early to start thinking
about fall plants, mums cuttings
are set in June and need to be
ordered very soon.
Preregistration is required
because class size is limited and
program materials need to be
ordered. The cost of the pro
gram is $2O per person and
includes all program materials,
lunch, and morning beverages.
For information and registra
tion, call Steve Bogash at
(814)693-3265. Registration
brochures will also be available
at Bedford, Cambria, and
Somerset cooperative extension
offices.