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Because we had a very mild winter here in the Philadelphia area, the flowers in spring are beginning to bloom ... and it's still mid February!
Of course, this being zone 7a, I would expect perhaps a snow drop or the witch-hazel bush to throw a few flowers as harbingers of spring ... but get this: my neighbor's yellow daffodils started to open 3 or 4 days ago (mine haven't opened yet because they are in a rather shady spot in the backyard on the north side of the house.) Other flowers I've noticed in my neighborhood in bloom include not only snow drops, witch-hazels, camellias, flowering quince, daffodils and even hyacinths are almost ready to bloom.
I believe it. I'm just south of you in the DC metro area, and we have some open daffodils (just a few but some) as well as creeping phlox, witch hazels, and some cherry blossoms. Hyacinths have been blooming for a about ten days but they seem smaller than usual. The local naturalist says the frogs are also breeding, and that she's never heard them making the breeding calls this early. We also have bluebirds arriving.
I'm in north-central TX and usually the flowers start blooming in late Feb./early Mar...
we have had flowers blooming for 2 weeks now...the next door neighbors narcissus started blooming
last week and now I have a few daffodils that will be opened by tomorrow...there are buds on most of the trees here, as well. we had roses budding out in late december but then we had a hard freeze and they all fell off I think, because they disappeared without a trace...can't wait to get started planting in the garden...
I was just in Philly last weekend, and saw the daffs at my friend's apartment complex already had color to the flower beds. I'm so envious that you guys, while North of me, are a whole zone +. Stupid Ocean, with its stupid mitigating effects for the Eastern Seaboard!!
I'm in Cinci - a very mild weather, and lots of tree/shrub buds getting bigger and bigger (the mangolia buds are really starting to be noticeable) .. but no flowers yet. The bulbs are all up (they've been up forever), but haven't really seen the flower buds yet.
My guess is another 2-3 weeks. Although even that (early March) will be pretty darn early.
I'm not a snow lover, so I gotta admit this ridiculously easy winter has been FANTASTIC. That said, its going to be 34 tomorrow. But back to low 50's next week!
I was just in Philly last weekend, and saw the daffs at my friend's apartment complex already had color to the flower beds. I'm so envious that you guys, while North of me, are a whole zone +. Stupid Ocean, with its stupid mitigating effects for the Eastern Seaboard!!
I'm in Cinci - a very mild weather, and lots of tree/shrub buds getting bigger and bigger (the mangolia buds are really starting to be noticeable) .. but no flowers yet.
Philly and Cinci are almost on the exact same latitude: 39.57 degrees north for Philly and 39.8 degrees north for Cinci ... so you really can't say we are "north" of you.
Anyway, with the really mild winter we're having, my big fear is that Mother Nature will throw us a curve ball but causing us to have a freak snow storm in late March or early April. Hoping that won't happen. Earlier this week I planted large pansies in the containers on my porch steps.
I saw a forsythia bush blooming on my way to work this morning. Crocuses are in full bloom, and the daffodils are about to burst. My neighbor's daffodils are already blooming.
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Originally Posted by Clark Park
Philly and Cinci are almost on the exact same latitude: 39.57 degrees north for Philly and 39.8 degrees north for Cinci
The only difference I notice in the weather in Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati is that Philadelphia has more precipitation, be that rain or snow, and is noticeably more windy. The springs are a little cooler here, but not by much.
Philly and Cinci are almost on the exact same latitude: 39.57 degrees north for Philly and 39.8 degrees north for Cinci ... so you really can't say we are "north" of you.
Anyway, with the really mild winter we're having, my big fear is that Mother Nature will throw us a curve ball but causing us to have a freak snow storm in late March or early April. Hoping that won't happen. Earlier this week I planted large pansies in the containers on my porch steps.
Okay - I forget that Pennsylvania is as low as it is. However - you're numbers are wrong. Decimals are not the same as degrees/minutes/seconds.
The fact that Cinci is obviously lower than Philly when viewed on a map (Philly is almost dead even with Columbus) made me realize your numbers were off.
Here in Brooklyn my neighbors daffodills and crocus are almost full grown. i think they are confused.
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