I just saw on the beeb 1 o'clock that it's officially the coldest spring
in 50 years. I'm not surprised, I was thinking of posting about the cold
this morning. I don't think we've had more that 3 days where it hit 16
(although we did have 1 day that reached 19!) and many nights into the
low single digits. 6 last night, balmy! It feels like late February to
us.

Many plants have wilty vegetation, there hasn't been enough sun and
warmth to justify fanning out leaves. Some of the Japanese maples, that
have been out for 5 weeks, still look like only a few days have passed
since leaf out. What's more, a lot of leaves are getting black around
the edges (too much water, not enough sun) or wilting back, and many
seedlings have damped off.

Roll on summer...

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Gardening in Lower Normandy