In my 26 years in the Auvergne, this is the first time I've seen the Japanese quince bushes (a non-native species to boot) out in flower at this time of year. They have been out roughly a fortnight now. These plants only used to blossom in March and April as winter was drawing to a close when I first moved to the area, and their flowering season has steadily been getting earlier every year. We have now breached the once yearly flowering. Whether natural or not, the seasons are definitely changing, and this is just from my own personal observation and photos taken over the years.
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At this time of the year, Frilly, our Weeping prunus 'Frilly Frock', is the star of the show. He had a good trim in the autumn and now that he has burst into flower, looks fantastic. Yesterday morning he brightened up a grey day.
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First day of meteorological #spring today. The #Crocus are up everywhere, albeit affected by mole activity. They find it difficult to grow through our enormous mole hills.
Immediately, early bees find them. Early flowering plants are so important for the #insects.

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#Pulmonaria or #Lungwort, flowering in the last days of #winter. This plant came originally from my parents’ garden in #Austria more than 25 years ago.
When I was out gardening yesterday, I noticed the first bumblebee. Shows how important early flowering #plants are.
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The Winter aconites (Eranthis Cilicia) in the grass meadow flower from February to March.

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