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Apr 23, 2011 6:58 AM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

Yes I do! I have a mounted plant, hanging in full sun and it blooms for me in the Summer.

We moved into our house on April 19. 1971, the Dogwood was in FULL BLOOM then, already in flower for at least a week. In the seventies Forsythias bloomed in March, not April.
There are dates one doesn't forget, so I am not imagining it. The same Dogwood is now in bud, still has some time to go before open....our flowering trees around here bloom at least 10 -14 days later than they did about 20 -30 years ago. Yes, the climate is changing....for whatever reason.

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Apr 23, 2011 7:53 AM CST

Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)

And we're running about three weeks early, setting temperature records along the way. We expect this weather in mid-May, not April. All this after suffering through the coldest December on record. Last year we were pounded by the second coldest winter on record. The pattern is random. What is normal is the lack of rain during April and May. We could really use a thunder boomer about now.

Jim

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Apr 23, 2011 8:09 AM CST

Name: Kathy
Western MA

I remember that on Easter in previous years, the magnolias were in bloom. They are in tight bud today. Last summer was the hottest summer I remember after living here for 40 years. We never used an air conditioner till 20 years ago and for about a week in August. I was wishing we had AC in the barn in spring and summer. We slept on a mat on a concrete floor a few nights to be able to sleep.

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sandnsea2

Apr 23, 2011 10:05 AM CST

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

Oh, Ursula! Irene is magnificent!

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

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Apr 23, 2011 10:23 AM CST

Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)

Ursula, I love Cattleya schilleriana and Leptotes bicolor. Those are really nice plants!

Jim

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Apr 23, 2011 6:45 PM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

How about 'Debbie' in Aquarell?

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Apr 23, 2011 6:49 PM CST

Name: Kathy
Western MA

Fun!!

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sandnsea2

Apr 23, 2011 7:03 PM CST

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

Re: weather this year. Here we are having a very cool Spring. In the 6 years I've been here, have never seen such a cool Spring.
Actually very pleasant and temperate.
Usually we go directly into "too hot", but not this year. Love it like this. 70-80's. But past few days 60's rainy. Tomorrow to be 88.

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #29980 (8)

Apr 24, 2011 5:02 AM CST

Name: Kathy
Western MA

Happy Easter to all those who celebrate!

I will research Easter Bunny and find out why we can't find it. Oh, it's in my OrchidWiz so it is registered (1963) and it is a x of warscewiczii, labiata, mossiae, dowiana.

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Apr 24, 2011 5:45 AM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

Happy Easter to you too and some colored Eggs to those who eat them.:-)

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Apr 24, 2011 5:58 AM CST

Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)

I wonder what those chickens look like?

Jim

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Apr 24, 2011 7:07 AM CST

Name: Kathy
Western MA

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Clementine

Apr 24, 2011 7:21 AM CST

Happy Easter to all who celebrate as well...

| @Clementine | Post #29985 (13)

Apr 24, 2011 8:07 AM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

And those little colored Chicks will look as stunned as the single little Bunny in the center....

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Apr 24, 2011 1:06 PM CST

Name: Kathy
Western MA

| @boojum | Post #29987 (15)

Apr 24, 2011 1:59 PM CST

Name: Kathy
Western MA

Phrag bessae var. flavum is open! I love the "stretch marks"!

Vanda Pachara Delight is opening. The Easter Egg opened on Easter. Catt skinneri 'Debbie' is turning lavender.

Catt Easter Bunny in shadow and light.

| @boojum | Post #29988 (16)

ctcarol

Apr 24, 2011 5:39 PM CST

Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.

All beautiful! I especially like the Phrag! If I can keep my 3 Paphs alive , I will have to try one, one of these days. Of course, I am going to the Spring Garden Show Thurs., and one never knows what one will come home with.

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Apr 24, 2011 5:47 PM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

All beautiful!!

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sugarcane

Apr 24, 2011 5:56 PM CST

Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl

Wow..so many beauties!
I had a surprise the other morning, but only got around to photographing it today.

Odtna. Nemoria Martin Orenstein 'Lulu' HCC/AOS

lindsey

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