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Maybe it is just that in Europe they get loads more paid vacation time than we do.
I wish Americans would protest and strike to paralyze this country and force the govt to pass laws requiring every single employee to get guaranteed paid vacation. And more than a paltry two weeks a year.
No, if you have evergreen magnolias, azaleas and some leaves fully out at 25-26 March, that is quite subtropical, especially when compared to New England and continental climates in Europe.
On the other hand, if you referred to the link I posted, that photo is taken most likely during the last days of April or a couple of first days in May. No way we would have such bloom right now.
Not just subtropical climates. Mild Cfb climates will also match that description. Some Willow species will be fully leafed by the first week of spring
Not just subtropical climates. Mild Cfb climates will also match that description. Some Willow species will be fully leafed by the first week of spring
Surely so. I was merely reflecting on conditions apparent in milder climates, while other locales further north are more or less still in winter mode on the US East Coast.
No, if you have evergreen magnolias, azaleas and some leaves fully out at 25-26 March, that is quite subtropical, especially when compared to New England and continental climates in Europe.
On the other hand, if you referred to the link I posted, that photo is taken most likely during the last days of April or a couple of first days in May. No way we would have such bloom right now.
There are lots of broadleaf evergreens native to zone 7, doesn't mean it is subtropical. And only Sweetbay Magnolia is native here, not Magnolia grandiflora. Grandiflora grows here and is evergreen but they are not native and they are not all over the place.
Trees fully leafed out, not many at all. I photographed the only such trees I have seen so far that were in leaf. Most are just budding and getting tiny little leaves now. Those azaelas are a type that always bloom in April anyway.
Some poor old lady might not understand that we drop below freezing and these stores don't protect the plants they have outdoors so they get damaged. To the untrained eye it might not look it. Maybe they recover, maybe they wont.
5 times since March 19th we dropped below freezing. Hit 27°F(-3C) this morning and about to get more.
I don't get the rush sometimes. It's typical we drop to freezing in April too and get frosts to May. Does not affect trees and buds but plants do get affected.
We can't plant outside until May here. Cool weather crops can survive better but no plant likes a hard freeze which we are getting still.
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