Seen today - daffodils and blossom (Mids)

[DGRossetti]

Not sure what - if anything - it means. But a bit of colour for a dreary day.

There are narcissi out in my garden (also Mids). We've had blossom for a week or two. It's starting to feel like spring!

Does it not mean we have had a ridiculously mild winter and the flowers don't know what the heck is going on...? They have started popping up here in the NE of Scotland but we are having a cold snap now typically with a bit of snow.

Does it not mean we have had a ridiculously mild winter and the flowers don't know what the heck is going on...?

I thought the mechanisms for blooming were a touch more subtle that that ?

Last year I did ponder, and figured that there's an evolutionary edge for species that have a wide variation in when they bloom ... OK if there's a cold snap, the early bloomers will die - but then the later ones should still allow propagation. However if there isn't a cold snap, but a mild winter, the early ones get first dibs on whatever they need to flourish.

Probably best I stick to IT ... biology is not my thing.

I remember the daffodils being out quite enthusiastically at this time of year 20 years ago. Pretty normal timing. A very welcome sight after nearly 6 months of winter since the kids dripped their way off to school in their thick winter coats in September.

I haven't seen many smug winter loving posts about crisp frosts and kicking through leaves recently

Gosh do I need some sunshine and warmth on my bones!

DM and her neighbour both have rose bushes with a single rose flowering in their gardens (East Anglia).