-2F this morning. Â About 6 degrees shy of the record, but plenty cold. Â It’s easier to take this time of the year knowing that we’ve got 40s coming this weekend and 50s next week.
I predicted we’d pay for the warm early winter we had. But in all fairness, I also predicted that we’d seen the last of the below-zero temperature last time we bottomed out.
It should make for a compressed spring where all the early flowers  cram their show into a short period of time.
Sometimes those compressed springs were the most beautiful in my Illinois garden experience- bet you’ll have some unusual combinations this year, when plants that don’t usually bloom together have a rare flirtation.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
I look forward to seeing the Northern gardener’s spring show.
Annie, Pam: I hope we get that rare flirtation and that I don’t get so busy that I don’t have time to share it all. Will try to keep you posted.