Our weather continues to be frustrating. One nice sunny day and then it's back to cool, windy and gray. I looked at images from last spring after a stroll through the garden yesterday afternoon. It's not my imagination that the garden is behind last spring in bloom dates.
'Valentine' Bleeding Heart: May 3, 2021
May 8, 2022
Cinnamon fern: April 16, 2021
May 8, 2022
Fritillaria thunbergii: April 19, 2021
May 5, 2022
Today's high is supposed to be 76°F, a prelude to the following four days whose temps are forecast from the mid-80°s to likely hitting 90°. It pretty much feels like we've been stuck in late March/early April for weeks and now we're barreling into August. Luckily I found enough flowers to manage a small bouquet to brighten my mood.
Your temperature whiplash seems more extreme than ours but we continue to experience a roller-coaster too. I'm glad you found some solace in flowers from your garden. Fingers crossed for more stability soon.
Posted by: Kris P | Monday, May 09, 2022 at 05:58 PM
This seems to be the theme this year. Glad you found enough for a beautiful little vase.
Posted by: Barbara H. | Monday, May 09, 2022 at 07:05 PM
Yes, I feel like we got cheated out of spring. April 18th: a huge dump of wet snow. May 12th: 89°F. Yes, that's summer weather, which we've had for the past 3 days. I'd like more than 3 weeks of spring!
Posted by: Kathy from Cold Climate Gardening | Friday, May 13, 2022 at 09:55 PM
KATHY — I feel like my whole garden has popped up in the last few days. No time to enjoy any specific plant. And I could not plant special orders because it was too cold.We hit 90 or above every day but one in the last 5 days.
To top it all off, I tipped over an almost 6 foot stone lantern in the garden this morning on top of lilies and other bulbs that were all up a foot or more. We have to see if we can get a neighbor to help us set it back up. It comes apart in 5 pieces. I've worked around that lantern for 20 years and never had such a thing happen — especially not when I was counting on those flowers for the tour.
Posted by: Linda Brazill | Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 01:07 PM