My forsythias are blooming.

[NNadir]

This is generally an event that takes place in April. Last I looked it was November.

This can't be good.

[Chipper Chat]

1. Wo bist du?

[NNadir]

2. New Jersey.

[brer cat]

3. I was stunned this morning (with temp about 40)

to find a geranium that hadn't bloomed all summer suddenly blooming. I also have some bulbs up. They are "old" ones not the new ones I just planted his fall. Cwazy!

[Botany]

4. No big thing ....

If you already have had one cold snap and it warmed up
50s or so .... for Forsythia to break is not uncommon @ all.

Matter of fact Forsythia is one of the easiest plants to "force"

Get some cuttings ... put them in a vase in the window (south or
west) and sometime between 3 weeks and 5 days you will have
blooms.

trust me i know my plnats

[KoKo]

5. It's a big thing for those who live in NJ....very unusual. And here in NC

the leaves are already off our trees and that doesn't happen until December.

The weather is changing and we have bird songs from birds that aren't here this time of year, too.

[Botany]

12. I know that the weather is changing .....

However Forsythia which are from Asia anyway are not
a good indicator plant .... they "pop" very easy.

I have seen them bloom in oct ... nov .... dec in Ohio
for years.

I am more concerned when i noticed a native wildflower
Golden Alexander's blooming in Jan. in my wildflowers.

[DemBones DemBones]

6. Forsythia is ridiculously easy to force -- I love it! When winter

is starting to be a drag, the Forsythia start to bud and I force some inside for an "early spring."

I'll have to check mine tomorrow since we've definitely had striking ups and downs in temps.

[NNadir]

7. Well, I'm not so concerned about the plants as I am about the weather.

The forsynthias are hard to kill. They grow like wild fire.

[Botany]

13. Some plants are good indicators for changes in the weather.

n/t

[Erika]

8. Our flying insects are still flying here in Idaho

Unbelievable for this time of year. It might mean another bad year here for West Nile Virus. About 75% of our squirrels and 60% of our birds were killed by the virus this year.

[notadmblnd]

9. if they have buds on them.. they will bloom

I often bring them in the house in mid winter (January) when everything appears dead and gray.. put them in water and yes, they bloom.

[1620rock]

10. Umm, well it's snowing here in Michigan tonight. n/t

[NJCher]

11. and I picked about a dozen red tomatoes in Jersey this afternoon

My green beans only died this week. Incredible.

One year, though, by covering my tomatoes, I had ripe ones clear through December.




Cher