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Started off in the river valley yesterday morning in time to catch the sunrise. The morning light was casting some nice colours onto the river valley cliffs. Click the image for full-size.
Temperature at this time was around 6°C. There is still a fair bit of ice floating down the river.
I spotted a beaver playing in the water near where I was shooting.
By 9:00 am it was up to about 15°C. At that time it was off to the legislature grounds to see if things had started growing yet. At first things didn't look too promising.
But upon closer inspection shoots are indeed starting to come up.
The lawn bowling grass is fully green.
This isn't a very good photo but it does give a good sense for the stage of spring. Sun-exposed areas are doing well.
At around 1 pm it had risen to 25°C and I ventured back into the river valley. This time I took the dog with me. Lots of catkins are forming on the trees.
There's also growth starting to emerge from the forest floor.
It ended up reaching 27°C. The horses didn't seem to mind but my dog found it a little hot.
From front to rear:
Lantana blooming
Hawaiin Ti's budding from last year, I had to trim back 1" below ground after the 20 degree weather
Marigolds blooming
mums are blooming for some reason, they are confused, they always are in Texas
sweet potato not doing that well, not hot enough yet
Gerbera's doing great, blushing princess doing great, sweet potatoes doing better here as they were protected from the freezes by the oak tree above, pansies still hanging in there but the heat will wipe them out in the next month. When that happens the sweet potato will have taken over the bed. Asparagus fern in the back is doing well too, angelonina is blooming okay but will die of the heat soon, at that time the asparagus fern will have taken over that area.
This is my xeroscaping attempt on the "neutral ground" between the sidewalk and street. In the summer grass has trouble growing here even with excessive sprinkling so I've planted various hardy grasses that also can go down to -10 degrees F so these are there for the long haul.
In the potter I have kangaroo claws and marigold which are doing fine. This is brought inside in the winter.
This is the yucca plant. I actually had a palm here that died due to the cold weather this year, the yucca of my neighbors survived and I wanted a palm so we'll try that here. Hopefully next winter will be mild and won't get below 40! I can hope.
This is an area that gets shade in the cooler months and sun in the summer. So the calla lily is doing fine. The dusty millers are also a hardy plant that can be there in the winter months. Once the summer sun is too much for the calla lily, I will transplant to a shadier area and then the HI ti can take over.
You can see the Hawaiin Ti is coming back. These suffered in the winter freeze, I had to trim it down 1" below the soil and they finally just came back. They will thrive in the Texas sun.
The HI ti didn't come in on the other side as that is more shaded. Hoping it comes back or I'll have to buy another one. I'll give it time, the ole 30 degree sun angle is going to pop that area soon!
Not too common for the coast to get 80s without leaves on the trees but past few yrs its happened. extended winters and late start to spring then sudden warmth April or May will do it.
Normal 1st 80° is May 10th so typically there are leaves on the trees when it happens.
86° outside in South Greenwich near NY border
This yr leaves are 2-3 weeks late.
Its more common for interior because they'll hit 80s before the coast does
today walking to work. with 90F today and tomorrow I expect everything to be leafed out by weekend.
Even the dead looking trees have little leaves on them now.
Funny thing is Azaelas are almost always after the trees are fully leafed out around here. So weird to see the opposite going on.
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