My crepe myrtle says happy new year
Mid December in full flower. They normally bloom from 1st January.
But this is not the only early flowering. The jacarandas started in mid September when it has always been 1st November. And jacksonias were splashing their yellowgold around from mid September when they normally flower 1st October at the earliest. Not to mention the magnolias that graced us in the first week of July instead of August. Wattles were early too.
I began to think I was crazy remembering things wrong. No-one else seemed to see anything amiss.
Then I found a website
http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/july2005/
which observes " that there's something afoot in the world of nature - the times really are a-changing. ... In recent years, many people have noticed that weird things are happening. Cicadas seem to be around later. 'Spring' bulbs are flowering in the middle of winter. Some bird species are nesting months earlier than they did a decade ago."
posted by shami @ 12:20 pm
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3 Comments:
wow, very beautiful photos Shami, i wonder if they smell as good as they look ?
I would have said it was all show and no scent, but I have just gone outside into the garden in the dewy dark and can truthfully say there is a delicate perfume.
yes - it's a little frightening how the seasons are changing. There's hardly been a winter at all this year where I live.
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