What's blooming?

[kate_schaefer]

What's blooming in my yard today? Winter honeysuckle, snowdrops, snow crocus, daffodils (both King Alfred and February Gold), regular crocus, alyssum, anemones, dandelions, those little purple weeds whose name I can never remember, and those little white weeds that I think are called don't-touch-me because they shoot their seeds out in a really

Comments

[athenais]

I was marveling at all the flowering trees we have right now, along with daffodils and other really clearly spring flowers. In mid-Februrary. I could never live with the snow Massachusetts is getting right now.

[kate_schaefer]

Ohio, land of my birth, is under a lot of snow right now, as are several states considerably farther south where by rights they should have just a sprinkling that melts by afternoon.

Meanwhile, I also have pansies and grape hyacinths and quince and primroses. The pansies, quince, and primroses would normally bloom now; the grape hyacinths shouldn't happen for a few more weeks.

[lindadee]

I was over the mountains this weekend, and the lack of snow there is both amazing and appalling. This morning I saw both cherry trees and daffodils blooming. And today is . . .?

[kate_schaefer]

Yes, amazing and appalling is precisely right.

[randy_byers]

My daffodils haven't bloomed yet, although they're on the verge. The grape hyacinth hasn't bloomed yet either. Your microclimate is clearly warmer than mine!

[kate_schaefer]

You have to squint to see the blooming grape hyacinths in my microclimate. Squint, or get down on your hands and knees in weeding position. I know you spend a fair amount of time in that position yourself.

The bees are active, too.

[kate_schaefer]

That's it, brag about your water.

[apostle_of_eris]

Our wind-chill is zero (Farenheit), declining steadily toward -24 dawn Thursday.
I really don't want to hear about your *&^%$#@! flowers. I still can go walk onto one fifth of the world's fresh water, so there.

[kate_schaefer]

As I said to Constance, go ahead, brag about your water. We may be hurting come summer.