Do flowers count? The oaks here in Normandy are nowhere near bursting,
but have noticed an ash putting out those big black flowers.

Somehow it seems like a normal, wet summer would be a good thing.

-E

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from Emery Davis contains these words:

Do flowers count? The oaks here in Normandy are nowhere near bursting,
but have noticed an ash putting out those big black flowers.

Somehow it seems like a normal, wet summer would be a good thing.

-E

I think it refers to the appearance of the leaves.

Hoping that the dear old met office will forecast a wet summer this
year, so we can have a nice one!

Roger T

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The message
from Emery Davis contains these words:

Do flowers count? The oaks here in Normandy are nowhere near bursting,
but have noticed an ash putting out those big black flowers.

Somehow it seems like a normal, wet summer would be a good thing.

-E

I think it refers to the appearance of the leaves.

Hoping that the dear old met office will forecast a wet summer this
year, so we can have a nice one!

Roger T

Haven't they been forecasting a 'BBQ Summer'?

;-(

Mike


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On 5 Apr, 09:06, "'Mike'" wrote:
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The message
from Emery Davis contains these words:

Do flowers count? *The oaks here in Normandy are nowhere near bursting,
but have noticed an ash putting out those big black flowers.

Somehow it seems like a normal, wet summer would be a good thing.

-E

I think it refers to the appearance of the leaves.

Hoping that the dear old met office will forecast a wet summer this
year, so we can have a nice one!

Roger T

Haven't they been forecasting a 'BBQ Summer'?

;-(

Mike

--
Base for a Botanic visit to the Isle of Wight?www.shanklinmanormews.co.uk

Didnt some botanist prove the Ash always comes before the Oak, because
the Ash responds to temperature while the Oak uses day length?

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Didnt some botanist prove the Ash always comes before the Oak, because
the Ash responds to temperature while the Oak uses day length?

Given the low temperatures we've been having, I would have thought that
the oak would win. Thinking about it further, if this was the case,
surely in the frozen north, where day length gets longer than in the
south, the oak would always win!

Roger T

Last year round us [Cotswolds], the oaks were well ahead ot he ashes. It's too soon to tell at present.

On 04/07/2010 01:19 AM, beccabunga wrote:
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Didnt some botanist prove the Ash always comes before the Oak, because
the Ash responds to temperature while the Oak uses day length?-

Given the low temperatures we've been having, I would have thought that
the oak would win. Thinking about it further, if this was the case,
surely in the frozen north, where day length gets longer than in the
south, the oak would always win!

Roger T

Last year round us [Cotswolds], the oaks were well ahead ot he ashes.
It's too soon to tell at present.


It appears that the warmer springs favour the oak. According to this
Ash has won the race only 4 times in 44 years...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ear...efore-oak.html

(no comment as to how reliable the Telegraph may be... )

-E