Floral designer and flower
shop owner Rose Lee has always loved flowers and can make
silk flowers by hand
It is a seasonal rush the bluebells and snowdrops could
not resist joining - although they might come to regret
it.
Across the land, the most unlikely little flowers are poking
their way up into the grey December light as another year
of chaotic weather convinces them that spring has arrived.
After seeing primroses in Sussex, daffodils in Devon, crab
apples in Nottingham and wild strawberries in Cardiff, gardeners
probably suspected that bluebells and snowdrops would not
be waiting for February to bloom. They were right.
Confused by the warmest April on record, a cold, wet summer
and a mild autumn, many plants are flowering early.
The Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, which monitors 100 plant
species, said at least three quarters were appearing earlier
each year.
"This year we have lilacs, which are supposed to flower
in May, coming into life in November. Our camellias, another
spring flower, have also already bloomed," said spokesman
Nigel Taylor.
Unseasonal blooms are extremely vulnerable to the hard frosts.
"Last year our horse chestnuts came into life too soon
and resulting damage meant the buds didn't grow back, come
spring the branches were bare," said Mr Taylor.
Guy Barter, of the Royal Horticultural Society, said many
plants could waste their chance to pollinate by blooming
out of season.
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