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grasswire

(50,130 posts)
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 09:39 PM Feb 2014

anyone have daffodils blooming yet?

Or crocus?

Or anything?

Here at my house, the camellias hedges are starting to bloom. The daffodil plants are about five inches out of the ground, no buds yet. Some tulips are about two inches up.

That's about it.

How is it where you are?

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anyone have daffodils blooming yet? (Original Post) grasswire Feb 2014 OP
Bwahahahahahaha! Scuba Feb 2014 #1
When the 18 inches of near solid pack ice melt, I'll let you know. NutmegYankee Feb 2014 #2
Darn, you just reminded me, elleng Feb 2014 #3
I grew up in Hyattsville Md and now I'm stuck in south central Pa. DebJ Feb 2014 #14
Sorry, Deb. elleng Feb 2014 #15
I remember a spring day when I lived in Northern Virginia... grasswire Feb 2014 #22
My daughter lives their now. Two Thanksgiving's ago, the front of her house DebJ Feb 2014 #23
I have spotted a few weeds with flowers. texanwitch Feb 2014 #4
Blizzard warning in my state... cyberswede Feb 2014 #5
me me me meee dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #6
My Naked Ladies suddenly became modest and decided to not bloom this last fall Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #7
What are these "daffodils" of which you speak? The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2014 #8
I don't know sharp_stick Feb 2014 #9
Too much snow here, but it is starting to melt now. femmocrat Feb 2014 #10
Our paper white narcissus have finished blooming csziggy Feb 2014 #11
got a fresh foot of snow overnight, and another few inches on top this evening. magical thyme Feb 2014 #12
yep. Viva_La_Revolution Feb 2014 #13
Way too much snow here yet. GreenPartyVoter Feb 2014 #16
Yeah, I saw some at the grocery store today. progressoid Feb 2014 #17
I haven't even caught a glimpse of the dog shit from December HarveyDarkey Feb 2014 #18
Heard a frog in our swamp for the first time this year yesterday. chknltl Feb 2014 #19
I saw some blooming daffodils yesterday morning when out walking my dog. mnhtnbb Feb 2014 #20
Crocus and daffodil ... Auggie Feb 2014 #21
Everything is blooming PasadenaTrudy Feb 2014 #24
 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
1. Bwahahahahahaha!
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 09:41 PM
Feb 2014

Couple more months here in east-central Wisconsin. The crocus will show their heads through the (hopefully) last vestiges of snow, then the daffy's will pop.

Can't come soon enough.

elleng

(130,905 posts)
3. Darn, you just reminded me,
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 09:49 PM
Feb 2014

another reason to be so sad about leaving and then having sold our house in DC. Used to have crocus early Feb., and now I have no way to judge the real progress of Spring. (Covered with snow here in DC suburb.)

DebJ

(7,699 posts)
14. I grew up in Hyattsville Md and now I'm stuck in south central Pa.
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 01:32 AM
Feb 2014

There is NO spring or fall. Can't even plant flowers until Mother's Day ( i refused to believe that my first year
here, no matter what the planting guides and friends said, and watched it all get frozen to death on April 30).

I grew up with crocus and daffodils and jonquils and azaleas and white and pink dogwoods everywhere.

Nothing here. Nothing. Just mud. Snow, cold, one week of 'spring', then burning heat.


On Edit: and when I lived in Columbia Md for many years, I had tulips up in March, and a second
batch in April.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
22. I remember a spring day when I lived in Northern Virginia...
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 01:43 PM
Feb 2014

..... I was picking up a friend who lived on a residential street in Arlington. As I waited for her, I noticed that the flora was like a Kodacolor Disney movie: bright dogwood, flowering trees, bulbs blooming everywhere, azalea. It was such an exuberant display of spring that it was almost surreal. Like a dream.

DebJ

(7,699 posts)
23. My daughter lives their now. Two Thanksgiving's ago, the front of her house
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 03:13 PM
Feb 2014

still had a three foot high by 6 foot long blooming rose garden. Amazing.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
4. I have spotted a few weeds with flowers.
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 09:59 PM
Feb 2014

My wild sunflowers started to grow during the cold weather we had.

No real flowers yet.

One of my neighbor's little tree has blooms.

One tree has buds.

Spring had arrived.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
6. me me me meee
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 10:00 PM
Feb 2014


remarkable because we just got over a series of ice and sleet and freezing nights, then a few days of warm up to 50's, then more freezing, etc.
And yet, despite all that..the bulbs are up and a few lil yellow heads are opening.
Have no idea how they did that, except that the ground did not freeze more than 1/4 inch.
Today was first day of 70 degrees, yet some trees are popping forth blossoms, and the quinch and wisteria are budded out.

Brother Buzz

(36,432 posts)
7. My Naked Ladies suddenly became modest and decided to not bloom this last fall
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 10:15 PM
Feb 2014

First time in twenty-five years. What's up with that?

Narcissus and almonds are the only things blooming in my Northern California yard. Daffodils are up, but they bloom later, and buds on the lemons are getting fat - love their smell. I transplanted a bunch of irises to a real nice sunny location and they took off real quick and are happy - I expect nice blooms later.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
8. What are these "daffodils" of which you speak?
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 10:17 PM
Feb 2014

Everything here is buried under several feet of snow. I don't expect to see flowers for quite awhile, maybe June.

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
9. I don't know
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 10:17 PM
Feb 2014

I can't see them under the 4 feet of stinking snow.

Once this crap finally melts it shouldn't take long.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
10. Too much snow here, but it is starting to melt now.
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 10:39 PM
Feb 2014

It always amazes me to see the little green shoots surviving under all that heavy snow.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
11. Our paper white narcissus have finished blooming
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 10:54 PM
Feb 2014

They started in December and some blooms lasted until the first week of February. They used to start blooming in February!

Now the azaleas are starting to bloom.

Tallahassee, Florida.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
12. got a fresh foot of snow overnight, and another few inches on top this evening.
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 11:38 PM
Feb 2014

That's on top of the 8 or so we got a couple days ago. Which was on top of several inches of solid ice.

Running out of places to put it. At least it reached freezing today! Heat wave!!!!!!

But I doubt there's any flowers under the snow and ice pack.

chknltl

(10,558 posts)
19. Heard a frog in our swamp for the first time this year yesterday.
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 03:22 AM
Feb 2014

Got a few buds on some of our trees too.

mnhtnbb

(31,388 posts)
20. I saw some blooming daffodils yesterday morning when out walking my dog.
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 05:24 AM
Feb 2014

Late for us, this year. Usually we have lots more daffodils up by now.

PasadenaTrudy

(3,998 posts)
24. Everything is blooming
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 03:40 PM
Feb 2014

It smells so good early in the morning. I think it's jasmine. But, all the trees around here, Pink Ipe, Crape Myrtle, Magnolias, etc. are acting like late Spring. It's quite scary, actually.

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