More Snow.

3-25-13 SHORT HILLS: As I look out the window, I see more snow arriving, just when the last snow had almost completely melted. This March has seemed colder than usual, so I looked up the NOAA data for the month, so far, and it is 2.7 degrees below average with less than a week to go in the month.

Hobbling around the yard in my walking boot, I see lots of swelling buds—spirea, roses, hydrangea, even a few new leaves on the roses, spring perennials poking up—bleeding hearts, pulmonaria, iris and tree buds swelling. The plants respond to the lengthening photoperiod, and would also respond to warm days if there were any.

New blooms: red maple, snowflake.


Vinca minor, Creeping Myrtle, is an early bloomer that stays in bloom for several weeks.

Here it comes again, personally, I vote for no more snow this season.