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[Jules.]

The snowdrops in the neighbour's garden are just about coming out, & I'm quite sure that this time last year my daffodils were nearly ready to flower.

 

Maybe this year the bulbs are flowering at the right time, since the winter has been a "proper" one, & a cold one.

[MadMitch]

My snowdrops have been out about 2 weeks and my daffodils now have buds on them. I only have 4 crocus out so far.

[The Dogmother]

There was an article in the paper about this - apparently the snow that stayed around for so long delayed all the bulbs

[Phoebe]

I have a pot of crocuses just out today, but they are rather weedy looking this year. Not surprising i suppose, because even where it has n't snowed, we have had precious little sun recently and no warmth.

[Valkyrie]

Ditto - our snowdrops were much later. When I visit a farm in Whitchurch, the road is always lined with snowdrops in early January. When I went around the 25th-ish, there were no signs of any, although there was a small clump on the A30 in Basingstoke. I took mum with me today and we saw tons - as there should be. We both said how late they are this year - especially with daffs almost in flower. Some clumps still have yet to open and just showing glimpses of white.

[Guest]

YES - last year at our spring village show we were all complaining that our daffs were way past their best. This year I think we'll be struggling to find any actually blooming! It's on 12th March and none of mine have come into flower yet.

[fowlbird]

crocuses all flowering in our grass verge, daffodils out front and back, tulips out back and bluebells coming along nicely up the top of the garden

 

all as normal

[fowlbird]

and the day lilies are coming up earlier

[Valkyrie]

[prudance]

Gosh Fowlbird. I'm only 20 mins from Reading but snowdrops here have only just come out and daffs have a long way to go yet!

[Shirl]

I'm in the same boat as you Prudance. I was beginning to wonder if we were going to get any flowers.

[Phoebe]

Yesterday I found 2 clumps of snowdrops in our field that I did n't know we had. Lovely surprise - worth clearing out all the nettles in the autumn, if this is what was underneath

[Seagazer]

I'm quite relieved to hear that some people's bulbs are late - I thought the chickens had eaten the shoots! There is hope I might have flowers in the garden after all

[Patricia W]

In my garden, just south of Oxford, the sun has brought all the crocuses out, and you are right, the day lilies are growing apace, as are the perennial cornflowers... I think Spring has sprung- at last!