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It has been such a roller coaster spring, as I am sure you know or have heard from many other eastern US gardeners. We had more buds in January than ever before, as our true cold did not arrive until February. Then a especially mild March, with more snow and cold in the first two weeks of April. And now it is 70 degrees again today. This is not totally abnormal for our zone 5 garden, but the high temps have been much higher than usual. This has brought the garden further along than it normally is at this time of year.
Many flowers that were doing so well, so soon... too soon... did meet a cruel end with the frost.
The star magnolia blooms were blackened after one day of blooming all around our town. The taller daffodils did not stand up as well to the snow that covered them soon after they were full out, but the shorter ones have stood the test. The pretty star of Bethlehem, that
I recently posted, were soon snuffed out with cold. But still, the garden and the gardener marches on...
There are still a few pretties to see today for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day in our western PA garden.
