I went for a quick walk around the block yesterday, and found the big red alder next door loaded with catkins.
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| The long catkins are the male flowers. The buds along the branches will be leaves and female cones. |
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| I took almost the same photo of this tree back in 2007. |
The earliest photos I have of these catkins are from the end of February. We found more in 2013, on Crescent Beach, in March. None from January.
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| And the Oregon grapes are budding! |
...and here in the Ottawa area, we've got the coldest winter since 1979-1980, and -16C feels warm.
ReplyDeleteAnd up north of here, in Bella Coola, where a -16C January would be mild, it's now getting rain.
ReplyDeleteNothing makes sense any more.