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Tuesday, 07 February 2012 01:00

Written by Doug Oster

I've never seen a crocus bloom this early. Photos by Doug Oster

What a strange season.

I don't know about you, but I don't feel like I've got a break from the garden. This mild season has been wonderful for snow shovelling, and I should be relieved with the warm trend. Even though I hate winter, I guess I need a little to make the first flowers special.

The same day I saw my crocus blooming, Garnet Roth of South Baldwin sent me an e-mail saying she saw one blooming too and it was the earliest she ever saw one flower.

"I was very surprised to see a "wild" crocus this afternoon, although I've been bending over the piles of leaves at the bottom of my lot for several days.  I remind myself of an old Ted Crowe "Hazel" cartoon in the old Saturday Evening Post.  He drew an older lady, bending over in a most unattractive way, looking for spring.  My late husband insisted it was me--but it's in my blood, can't help it.   I did the same thing when I lived in an apartment in Delaware County near Philly that didn't even belong to me; planted stuff even though I wouldn't be there to see it bloom the next year."

I also have a patch of snowdrops is in full bloom and there's a pretty red rose inside in a vase that lights up the room.

Mother Nature is always full or surprises.

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These snowdrops have bloomed as late as March 15 in my garden.

Nothing strange about a rose blooming inside in a vase, I just liked the way the light hit the petals.

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written by JCO, February 07, 2012 - 09:29 AM

*t's not going to last because we really don't have a pattern that locks in cold weather, but Friday an arctic front passes and Saturday/Sunday/Monday look to have mornings in the teens, some areas Sunday am might bet a bit below 10. But it probably gets mild again.

I am a member of an online weather forum, and often patterns like this have pretty wicked cold snaps in late March. That's not a good thing for plants that are blooming ahead of time.

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