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ellenrr

(3,864 posts)
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 06:50 AM Jan 2019

What are you seeing emerge from winter dormancy?

I live in New Jersey.
On my walks the last couple of days I notice that the finer branches of trees and shrubs are turning brown, becoming alive, after the winter dormancy.

I am wondering if this is not very early. I have seen this in mid-February.
Also some shoots in my garden - snow flowers maybe.
We have not in NJ had an unusually warm winter. We had one day of 57 but that happens occasionally. Generally it's been usual temps, 30's to 40's.

so as an early harbinger of Spring, I am over-joyed with these events.
But if it is an indication of our weather system being topsy-turvey due to climate change, then I am not so happy about it.

What do you think?
What do you see where you are?

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What are you seeing emerge from winter dormancy? (Original Post) ellenrr Jan 2019 OP
Lots of blooming flowering fruit trees around, daffodils NRaleighLiberal Jan 2019 #1
wow. even tho NC is south of me, ellenrr Jan 2019 #4
Glimmers of hope---- nt Atticus Jan 2019 #2
Yes, spring blubs are breaking through here. sinkingfeeling Jan 2019 #3
Can't tell yet Srkdqltr Jan 2019 #5
I live Rebl2 Jan 2019 #6
Emerging from winter dormancy? Surely you jest. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #7
Flowering quince here in North Georgia. We are supposed to get sub freezing temps japple Jan 2019 #8
Inexplicably.. geranium blooming in central TX nt Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2019 #9
Rocks. NutmegYankee Feb 2019 #10

NRaleighLiberal

(60,500 posts)
1. Lots of blooming flowering fruit trees around, daffodils
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 08:06 AM
Jan 2019

Way too advanced.

Deep freeze coming here that will kill the open flowers.

Rebl2

(14,682 posts)
6. I live
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 09:41 AM
Jan 2019

in Kansas City, Mo. area and my husband told me he noticed surprise lilies starting to come up. Way to early for that!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(120,836 posts)
7. Emerging from winter dormancy? Surely you jest.
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 12:43 PM
Jan 2019

It will be -25 on Wednesday. "Dormancy" is just a nice word for "frozen solid."

japple

(10,321 posts)
8. Flowering quince here in North Georgia. We are supposed to get sub freezing temps
Mon Jan 28, 2019, 05:26 PM
Jan 2019

here tonight, so I clipped a few branches to bring inside. They haven't fully bloomed and barely a few leaves, but in the past, they have produced both in just a few days inside.

Last year, I think our flowering quince produced blooms twice. Once in late January and again in March or April.

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