Two Months Premature

[poliphilo]

We've been getting reports from around Kent that the daffodils are out and yesterday I saw some for myself- along the road in Biddenden and down on Romney Marsh. Daffodils in January is very wrong. Ask Shakespeare; he'll tell you-

"........ daffodils
That come before the swallow dares and take
The winds of March with beauty..."

Comments

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

Don't you have a microclimate in Kent though? Here in Yorkshire the noses of the daffodils are peeking out of the soil, but certainly no flowers yet.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I suppose Kent is generally warmer than Yorkshire but This early spring is something I haven't experienced before- anywhere.

Our house is on higher ground and our daffodils haven't flowered yet, but I don't think they'll be long.

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

We have had the warmest December moth since 1910 according to Auntie Beeb today.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

What we don't know yet is whether this is a blip or a sign of permanant change.