Mid Scotland for me. Tulips just have developed buds, some daffodils still flowering, viburnum judii in glorious fragrance and amelanchier in glorious blossom. No leaves or green showing on silver birch, Kerria japonica been flowering for a few weeks. Nothing much else in flower apart from the pulmonarais which seem to flower all year and the brunnera.
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'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
Spring weather seems unusually warm this year. On the other hand, in my location the winter was colder than in the few previous years and I lost a number of---unprotected---plants due to the frost.
This "Global Warming / Climate Change" is actually a plot set afoot by nurseries and Garden centres to induce us poor gardeners into buying "Mediterranean species" which they assure will grow and flower in our gardens in mild winters. They do not say those species will of course die with the frost and make us dash back to the GC to buy replacements, etc.
Papi Jo, disgusted of Tunbridge Wells and other places under the sun.
I'm in Dordogne, SW France. Weather in early 20s last few days. Have had to do some watering. The trees are greening up, grass is growing like made. Daffodils and Magnolia Leonard Messel are over. Tulips and English bluebells are in flower. Dahlias left in the ground are starting to shoot so I hope we don't get a frost. We can get frosts up to early May.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
It was 24c & 25c Saturday & Sunday just passed in Berkshire, everything is 3-4 weeks early here at least, especially the Lilac. I wonder how it will affect the rest of the season & whether there will be a knock on.
I kept my eyes open when going shopping in the town this morning. We live about 40ft above the valley bottom, and sycamores & birches on our level are not yet in leaf. Down by the river, though, the leaves are opening - so even a small change in height above sea level makes a difference.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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Mid Scotland for me. Tulips just have developed buds, some daffodils still flowering, viburnum judii in glorious fragrance and amelanchier in glorious blossom. No leaves or green showing on silver birch, Kerria japonica been flowering for a few weeks. Nothing much else in flower apart from the pulmonarais which seem to flower all year and the brunnera.
Last edited: 11 April 2017 08:45:03
Spring weather seems unusually warm this year. On the other hand, in my location the winter was colder than in the few previous years and I lost a number of---unprotected---plants due to the frost.
A short list of some of my losses:
Philotheca/Eriostemon myoporoides (Long-leafed Wax Flower)
Salvia 'wendy's wish'
Helichrysum petiolare 'Microphyllum'
Fuchsia microphylla 'Variegata'
This "Global Warming / Climate Change" is actually a plot set afoot by nurseries and Garden centres to induce us poor gardeners into buying "Mediterranean species" which they assure will grow and flower in our gardens in mild winters. They do not say those species will of course die with the frost and make us dash back to the GC to buy replacements, etc.
Papi Jo, disgusted of Tunbridge Wells and other places under the sun.
I'm in Dordogne, SW France. Weather in early 20s last few days. Have had to do some watering. The trees are greening up, grass is growing like made. Daffodils and Magnolia Leonard Messel are over. Tulips and English bluebells are in flower. Dahlias left in the ground are starting to shoot so I hope we don't get a frost. We can get frosts up to early May.
It was 24c & 25c Saturday & Sunday just passed in Berkshire, everything is 3-4 weeks early here at least, especially the Lilac. I wonder how it will affect the rest of the season & whether there will be a knock on.
I kept my eyes open when going shopping in the town this morning. We live about 40ft above the valley bottom, and sycamores & birches on our level are not yet in leaf. Down by the river, though, the leaves are opening - so even a small change in height above sea level makes a difference.