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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-3-666508068 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Thanks, Dusan! This is incentive for me to check out Wolfville's tiny Clock Park, just west of Wolfville's business district and across Main St. from the big Baptist Church. Several varieties of cultivated witch-hazels were just planted there last summer or autumn, and perhaps some of them will show spring signs soon or already are doing so? Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: March 7, 2012 6:21:24 PM AST > To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] Witch-hazel in bloom (peninsular Halifax) > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > There is a smallish Witch-hazel (Hamamelis sp.) tree in full > bloom on the Dalhousie University campus off South St. The haze of > showy yellow petals is quite impressive at this time of the year, > with patches of snow still on the ground. > The showy flowering tree is right next to a specimen of our > native Witch-hazel (H. virginiana), which probably finished > flowering a few months ago and which provides a nice comparison. > The tree in question is clearly an exotic, or maybe even a hybrid. > Any thoughts about its identification? What might be the pollinator > at this time of the year? > The above trees are located about 100 m off South St. (near its > intersection with Oxford St.), across from the entrance to the > Dalplex parking lot and just past the tennis courts. Right behind > Shirreff Hall and the Life Sciences Centre/Psychology building. > Dusan Soudek --Apple-Mail-3-666508068 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Thanks, Dusan! This is incentive for me to check out Wolfville's = tiny Clock Park, just west of Wolfville's business district and across = Main St. from the big Baptist Church. Several varieties of = cultivated witch-hazels were just planted there last summer or autumn, = and perhaps some of them will show spring signs soon or already are = doing so? Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Dusan Soudek <<a = href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">March 7, 2012 6:21:24 PM = AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">NatureNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Witch-hazel in bloom = (peninsular Halifax)</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><font = size=3D"4"> There is a smallish Witch-hazel (<em>Hamamelis = sp.)</em><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>tree in full = bloom on the Dalhousie University campus off South St. The haze of showy = yellow petals is quite impressive at this time of the year, with patches = of snow still on the ground.</font></div><div><font = size=3D"4"> The showy flowering tree is right next = to a specimen of our native Witch-hazel (<em>H. virginiana</em>), which = probably finished flowering a few months ago and which provides a nice = comparison. The tree in question is clearly an exotic, or maybe even a = hybrid. Any thoughts about its identification? What might be the = pollinator at this time of the year? </font></div><div><font = size=3D"4"> The above trees are located about 100 m off = South St. (near its intersection with Oxford St.), across from the = entrance to the Dalplex parking lot and just past the tennis courts. = Right behind Shirreff Hall and the Life Sciences Centre/Psychology = building.</font></div><div><font size=3D"4"> Dusan = Soudek</font></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-3-666508068--