I thought this would be a good place to share local observations about spring flora. What’s starting to bloom in your area? Are things early or later than usual? Here in southwestern Ontario we are still a few weeks away from first flowers. I expect to see some Hepaticas budding around the last wee…

[image] afid: The buds are just starting to swell on the serviceberry here. [image] charlie: the red and silver maple buds are quite plump and swollen here Would help readers to include where “here” is – just sayin’…

haha sorry i’m in northern Vermont, US

I’m pretty sure I’m in the Northern Hemisphere, but reading your comments makes me feel like San Diego in Southern California is another planet! There is something in bloom every month and now after unusual quantities of rain this winter, there are way too many plants budding and blooming to even st…

Good point :joy: I’m in Bozeman Montana.

back here in rural Mid-Hudson valley, NY around 300 or so feet in elevation: seedlings sprouting and small signs of fresh growth on mature plants in Lamiaceae in sun-warmed areas. Buds on viburnums, maples, chestnut and a few other types of oaks, black cherry making progress but slow-going. Plenty…

As expected, northern Pennsylvania is pretty bleak. The goldfinches are donning their spring colors, and some bushes have buds. A few tulips and daffodils are beginning to sprout, but mostly it’s the promise of spring still without much to suggest fulfillment. The days are longer; the sky is bluer,…

Things are picking up in the microclimates created by the gorges draining into Lake Erie in my corner of western NY state. Carex plantaginea and pedunculata are putting up fertile shoots, Sharp-lobed hepatica is starting to flower, there’s a haze of red tinging red maple stands, and yes, the deer ti…

[image] tiwane: I’m dying to find my first rattlesnake of the year Interesting choice of words there.

Here in Vermont on the icy northern fringe of the US (near the warm southern banana belt of Quebec?) we were still getting snow and ice as recently as yesterday and were in the 20s last night. Thus still no flowers whatsoever except some snowdrops i found in a place where a south facing wall of wind…

I cheated and headed south to western NC for an early taste of spring. The last time I did this (in 2017) it was a warm spring and when I came back to southern Ontario the ephemerals were flowering here. This year not so much, but a few Hepaticas are blooming in the warmer microclimates and squills …

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