Well, I noticed today (just this afternoon) that the town I just moved to? The azaleas are in full bloom, which is exactly on time for what I'm used to seeing in FL but only quite a bit south of here. Weirdly enough, the town I just moved from (about 40 miles south of where I am now, but many miles north of where I'm used to azaleas blooming more about now) the azaleas actually began blooming in late December, and continued through January. I don't know if that town happens to have a particular microclimate or what (it does lie a lot closer to the water than my current town does, more directly sea level, so there's that).
It happens to be by the warm exhaust vent of the HVAC unit, so I'm not sure if that made it bloom earlier than the rest.
*nods* In a house mom and I had up until about eight years ago, the closer the azaleas were to heat escaping from the house, the earlier they would bloom, so I'm aware of that effect. The azaleas were all under the front-facing bedroom. The ones directly under the window always bloomed first though they were tiny; the older, bigger bushes, which flanked each of the front corners, bloomed up to a week later, and seemed to bloom more slowly, overall.
And yeah, pink magnolias...in FL we have (or I've only ever seen) white. So it's possible ours have a different bloom schedule altogether.
The jessamine sounds like it bloomed early! I can't remember it blooming 'til later in the year, normally. I wonder if the gardenias will be early this year, too. :)
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Date: 2016-03-13 04:22 am (UTC)From:It happens to be by the warm exhaust vent of the HVAC unit, so I'm not sure if that made it bloom earlier than the rest.
*nods* In a house mom and I had up until about eight years ago, the closer the azaleas were to heat escaping from the house, the earlier they would bloom, so I'm aware of that effect. The azaleas were all under the front-facing bedroom. The ones directly under the window always bloomed first though they were tiny; the older, bigger bushes, which flanked each of the front corners, bloomed up to a week later, and seemed to bloom more slowly, overall.
And yeah, pink magnolias...in FL we have (or I've only ever seen) white. So it's possible ours have a different bloom schedule altogether.
The jessamine sounds like it bloomed early! I can't remember it blooming 'til later in the year, normally. I wonder if the gardenias will be early this year, too. :)