We all have tales of extraordinary events in this 'strange' winter. Mine is Japanese quince in flower since November, Narcissus and Muscari in bloom since mid-December, Garlic, sown in November now 10 inches tall, huge growth on Avocados in unheated greenhouse. Strangely very little evidence of Snowdrops and Crocii, the usual harbingers of warmer days. It will all sort itself out in the end. As a gardener we must expect the unexpected, that is what makes growing and tending so enjoyable and also occasionally so frustrating.
A Reading park has daffodils coming into flower! I have primroses flowering. A worry is that some appear too early, then waste energy, only to die back.
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We all have tales of extraordinary events in this 'strange' winter. Mine is Japanese quince in flower since November, Narcissus and Muscari in bloom since mid-December, Garlic, sown in November now 10 inches tall, huge growth on Avocados in unheated greenhouse. Strangely very little evidence of Snowdrops and Crocii, the usual harbingers of warmer days. It will all sort itself out in the end. As a gardener we must expect the unexpected, that is what makes growing and tending so enjoyable and also occasionally so frustrating.
I think Snowdrops and Crocus are behind because they actually need to be very cold at some point to get them going and that is just not happening.
A Reading park has daffodils coming into flower! I have primroses flowering. A worry is that some appear too early, then waste energy, only to die back.