El nino, weird or what?

[digitS']

Over past the elementary school, on one route for my walk ..

. there is a tall lilac I walk under. It has had green buds. But, we had a near record warm October, after September frosts.

I imagine that lilac bush, on the south side of a small hill, if more subdued now that it's winter.

Steve

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

i have a couple roses i bought this past spring. i noticed 2 out of the 3 still have green leaves going strong on them. they are just refusing to go dormant. same with a couple of raspberry plants i potted up during the summer. my Mutsu apple refused to go dormant for the longest time too. we've had a few hard frosts that would normally knock everything out for the winter, but these few plants keep refusing to go quietly.

 

[jackb]

I hate to say it, but I've seen a few leaves budding out around here, and the weather hasn't been all that warm, just above normal. While I love the warmer weather, I don't want another winter like 2012 to ruin the fruit crops.

Another scientist on TV said to expect an explosion in the bug population in the spring. Still, I don't miss our usual four feet of snow and sub zero cold.

From today's Times Union:
"Christmas Eve — Thursday — will be shorts and T-shirt weather, with highs flirting with 70 degrees, likely besting the Dec. 24 record high of was 57 degrees, set in 1941."

 

[thistlebloom]

70 in December in New York is freakish!

Chickie, I have a Cecile Brunner I planted by the back door late last summer
(West side) and it is still green too. Not freeze dried green, just normal summer green, and we had a good cold snap in November that should have shut it down. I have been shoveling snow on the silly thing to remind it what season we're in now.

 

[jackb]

After my morning walk I took a look around the yard. Our foundation plants are still green, the gazania is putting out new growth, chives are growing and dill seeds are germinating. It is going to be warmer here than in Los Angeles on Christmas day.

 

[ninnymary]

This is my new dwarf nectarine tree. I was hoping for some fruit next year. Now I don't know.

 

[canesisters]

 

[Carol Dee]

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Perfect for Garden Humor post, too! Yep the weather is strange all over the country. We even had a tornado warning. One spotted a county over!

 

[thistlebloom]

This is my new dwarf nectarine tree. I was hoping for some fruit next year. Now I don't know.

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When do your fruit trees ordinarily bloom Mary?

 

[ninnymary]

When do your fruit trees ordinarily bloom Mary?

Spring. Ok, I'm being a smart aleck. I think around March?

Mary