Warm February brought blooms too early as shown in photos made on March 13, 2007

Large and small daffies were further along a year ago. But they didn't appear to suffer much by being early. Many trees that bloomed early in 2007 were hit hard by the "Easter Freeze of 2007" and the result was loss of foliage and poor production of nuts, fruit and berries for the rest of the year. Many homeowners thought the trees were dead and removed them. Most other such trees, however, recovered and eventually produced new leaves but didn't provide much food for birds and other wildlife. If no more hard freezes occur late in March or April this year, things may be normal again.


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