Spring in Seattle

[kate_schaefer]

Hah! It's spring in Seattle. Crocuses are blooming in my backyard. So is the flowering quince, but that means nothing; the quince flowers all year long.

Perhaps some day soon there will be enough sunshine for the crocuses to be open as well as blooming...

Comments

[weemallard.livejournal.com]

My grandmother's daffodils are poking their wee green shoots up.

Is this normal?

[kate-schaefer.livejournal.com]

Yes, daffodils should have wee green shoots by now. February bloomers like Tete-a-tete and February Gold should have substantial wee green shoots by now; late bloomers (and I don't know the names of true late bloomers) should be poking their heads up very very cautiously. It's a bit early for the crocuses to be in blossom, even snow crocuses like these, by about a week or maybe ten days. I think this is a few days earlier than they bloomed last year, and last year they were earlier than I expected them, but I haven't kept records. Thomas Jefferson said everyone should keep records of such things, so they'd know from year to year if something was unusual, but I have taken note of his advice without taking heed of it.