Flowers in February

On the 5th Of February, the weather turned extremely mild. After a grey period with temperatures that struggled to reach 3 degrees, the following week hit record highs for early February. Cloudy and 12 degrees to start, the sun came out and so did the bulbs. Nine days of mild weather brought the daffodils into flower, first leaves on the hawthorn and even the first flower on the forsythia.

All the shrubs have there first new shoots and the lawns had their first cut,unprecedented for February. It is normally not until late March that I cut the grass for the first time. The cold weather has now returned with heavy frosts at night. But the gardens still look good for this time of year.