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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHooray!! I have crocus blooming in my yard! Take that, groundhog.
There are buds on the daffodils and the forsythia, as well. Spring is on the way!
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Daffodils are likely up here too.
Happy Spring!
Evergreen Emerald
(13,076 posts)I have searched for that poem all over the internet and could not find it.
I love crocus plants!
happybird
(4,893 posts)Theres a crocus in the grass, at last!
But thats all I can remember. Will google and see if its actually a poem or one of those random bits of whatever that get stuck in your head from childhood.
A couple days ago, someone posted about the definition of churl. My head instantly spit out: Sir Lancelots a churl, beaten by a girl. Couldnt find that on the Googler, have no idea where it came from, lol!
Edit to Add: Ooo! Heres a lovely collection of crocus-themed poems:
https://emilydickinsonsgarden.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/the-crocus-in-poetry-symbol/
doc03
(35,935 posts)Ocelot II
(117,879 posts)Groundhog Day is irrelevant here, since we always get 6 more weeks of winter - if we're lucky. And the groundhogs, a/k/a woodchucks, aren't going to rouse themselves from hibernation to state the obvious. We'll see crocuses in a couple of months, maybe.
Walleye
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Nictuku
(3,720 posts)We have had a few freezing temps overnight recently so I was a little concerned (I get daffodil buds that never open if it gets too cold). This year I covered them on the couple of coldest nights, seemed to do the trick!
pandr32
(11,853 posts)I live in Hawaii now, but I can still recall the first blooms.
My Grandmother planted crocuses in a rockery by the front walkway. We all oohed and ahhhed when the early blossoms broke ground. The long dreary period of Winter was coming to an end--finally!
Hermit-The-Prog
(35,196 posts)First daffodil opening here was January 24. This is nuts. They usually don't bloom until March, here.