"Martin" wrote in message
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:37:55 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 2011-01-18 09:09:25 +0000, "Bill Grey" said:


"Jeff Layman" wrote in message
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Is it my imagination, or are the plants you would expect to be well up
(and maybe flowering now) such as daffodils and snowdrops several weeks
late, while deciduous shrubs, etc such as Hydrangea, Magnolia, Acer,
Clematis are many weeks early?

Not only deciduous shrubs, come to think of it. Daphne odora
aureomarginata has flower buds about to break, and I don't remember it
flowering until March previously.

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Jeff

Some daffodils I planted on our golf course last November are now
starting
to show their green tips.

Bill

Yes, some of ours are just poking through. I noticed them on the drive
as I went out this morning - very cheering!

Our snowdrops have been in flower for a week.
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My snowdrops are pretty well on time. they are showing colour in the stems
and a few are up, turning to the sky. One is bent over and will probably
flower tomorrow.
I keep meaning to have a diary about the first snowdrops flowering but I
didn't.
Last year they flowered in the 3rd & 4th week of January in my garden

Tina