spring way early...........what is blooming where you are at?

[pecan]

I am pretty nerdy and spent one cold winter day tracking daily high and low temps in my area going back 40 years. I made several spreadsheets but this it the one I created tracking the last and first forst in my area:

Each group of colored bars indicates a decade.
The red line is the running average over 4 decades.
The black lines are the average for that individual decade.
The grey area indicates the 7 days before and after the average last frost.

I am hoping that since we had a later than average last frost the last few years we will have an earlier than average one this year. Keep your fingers crossed

 

[pondlover]

JW that lily is lovely. I'm so ready for spring to get here and stay.

 

[j.w]

Hey pecan are you related to Ross Perot,lol?

 

[pecan]

LOL, That is funny. I may just be a long lost daughter of Mr. Perot after all. I have a chart, graph and spreadsheet for just about everything under the sun. Love em like they were my own babies. LOL

 

[addy1]

My lilies are budding!

 

[j.w]

Your water lilies addy.........already? Wowser that's early and you are sure gonna have a blooming crop this year for sure!

 

[addy1]

Yep jw, little buds coming up, about in inch in height

 

[j.w]

Well that's just neato keano addy! We need some milder weather here for mine to start growing but it won't be long now................I hope :fingersx:

 

[addy1]

I hadn't looked at them in a few day, leaves growing everywhere, so decided I better groom them for spring

 

[SmithRiverPond]

Plum trees are in bloom, as well as my Rhodies. Parrot Feather in pond is starting to perk up, whilst hosting the frog eggs. Saw my goldfish for the first time in a couple weeks... only because they came to the top in the sunshine. Still can't see to the bottom of the pond. The algae is murking it up a lot. Hope I can get it cleared soon. We're expecting more rain in the next couple days and the mornings have been in the low 30's with frost on everything. Cilantro, lettuce and parsley are growing in the greenhouse. Will be planting tomatoes soon.

 

[sissy]

I just noticed my magnolia's are blooming when I went down for the mail .The 2 called betty have pink and white blooms and gosh do they have a great smell .I noticed the smell before I noticed the flowers and they usually don't bloom until April here .Peach and cherry tree's have had blossoms for a week now so means there is going to be a good crop .The longer the bloom and the bigger the bloom means great crop whoopie for me

 

[addy1]

Neat sissy, mine are just about ready to open. The bradford pears will prob pop open tomorrow, red buds are beautiful right now.

 

[lenny jewell]

end of march water clear beginning of april pea soup , i am guessing its from pollen though because cars windows bbq pit patio furniture is covered in green pollen , will this affect fish ? i have a barley bale in the pond from the start, fountain pumping. Water lillies thriving and other plants doing great , no algae on the liner or on the few small rocks in the water ( lilly bases)

 

[lenny jewell]

got so many lillies this year had to remove a bunch , now they sit in a plastic tub , i put in fresh water everyday ( hate for anything in my care to die ) and they are beginning to sprout more leaves and buds , i am thinking i could make and somehow incorporate this tub into a bog system using the lillies as a starting point , if only i knew how hahahaha , ok advice here it comes i just know it , speak up i can't hear ya !!!!

 

[addy1]

Put tub near pond, tilt slightly so water runs from tub into pond, have a way to pump water into tub..........now you have a lily bog...........lol