“Amid Winter Blooms, Wondering What That Means for Spring”

Yet another account of the downside of this mild winter – and future ones.


The Japanese camellias, which typically bloom in early spring, have displayed their rose-hued flowers continuously since December. Honeybees, a rarity before late March, were nursing the tiny pink clusters on a Dawn viburnum, while the Adonis amurensis, a ground-hugging spring ephemeral, was a profusion of yellow.

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