Its Spring!

JudyB

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Is that some sort of viburnum? I've never seen such a large trunk on one if so. Very nice, and looks fragrant.
 

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It was spring at the end of January, then we got winter for most of March. It's second spring!
 

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Ok, that makes more sense, the clusters look similar. Pretty cool.
 

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Spring in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania!!! This one is a nice dry snow at 32 F, so it is sticking to the trees and not drippy. About 8" as of 5:00 PM.
 

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I had a couple of plants try to bud out a few weeks ago when we had a warm spell, but not they've all stalled. We're getting a nor'easter as I speak.
 

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Okay, that was nice, kind of a prelude to up and coming events, but seriously, we get some of our worst storms in early spring.
It's coming down hard and heavy this morning with a possible 1'-3' by tomorrow evening. Gotta love it or you run screaming in the direction of California.
 

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Okay, that was nice, kind of a prelude to up and coming events, but seriously, we get some of our worst storms in early spring.
It's coming down hard and heavy this morning with a possible 1'-3' by tomorrow evening. Gotta love it or you run screaming in the direction of California.

California, is beautiful, but I will take the snow, thank you. Would not want it 12 months a year, but I don't want dry warm weather 12 months a year either. Seasonal variation. I will say, California has it all, if you are willing to travel a bit.
 

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I can't believe we are looking at a legitimate snow storm on the second day of April. I only have one tree that is starting to leaf out and I thought, "lows of 32F-33F, even with snow, should do no damage to new leaves because the temperature is not going to be below freezing". Then I thought again and remembered from my experience in Florida how tender vegetation is damaged by contact with frost (which is freezing), even when the air temperature at 5 feet above ground is well above freezing. So perhaps the same principle applies? On the other hand, the difference might be that, for example, the foliage of a coconut palm and other tropical species, is damaged/killed by exposure to temperatures right around (and below of course) freezing, whereas the tissues in the brand new leaves of a temperate tree such as a maple may not be damaged until temperatures fall to, say 27F-29F. Thus, contact with snow and air temperatures in the low 30s would not damage a maple?
 

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The snow is not the problem. In fact, if temps drop below freezing, the snow will insulate the plant. We're expected to get up to 6 inches today.
 
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