4-4-22 SHORT HILLS: We had several cold days with night time temps in the twenties and a lot of wind. Spring was stopped in its tracks. Now we are in ‘normal’ spring weather. It’s brisk and cold at night, but not below freezing. Spring has started to creep forward again.
Magnolia flowers in the neighborhood, star magnolias, that were in bloom before the freeze were frozen and turned brown. The trees will be fine. Freezing weather in March is expected. The problem was the very warm days before the freeze that stimulated the early flowering.
The gardeners were here to do the lawn clean up, and GM Fence was here to see how many fence post and rails need replacing—a lot.
New blooms: spice bush, daffodil.
Daffodils are open all over town.
Spice bush has these small, yellow flowers just after forsythia. They will turn into red berries that are popular with the birds. The shrubs spread easily, but are short lived. The leaves, if crushed, have a great spice aroma.
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