Spring is on the way

hazel

Pomsmith finds proof in this witch hazel at the Arnold Arboretum.

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I hate to rain on your Spring Is Here parade, but...

By Lorianne (not verified) | Mon, 02/25/2008 - 10:42pm

...witch hazel regularly blooms in winter, which is presumably why it's at the Arboretum: to provide some color when nothing else is blooming.

spring is not here

By pomsmith | Mon, 02/25/2008 - 11:02pm

and yet, I'd argue, it is on the way:

"Even in cold, snowy winters, witch hazel can be counted on for blooms by mid-February or early March."

Rain is another sign that spring is on the way

Red-Winged Blackbirds have

By MarkB (not verified) | Mon, 02/25/2008 - 11:25pm

Red-Winged Blackbirds have arrived in Dedham. That's the first pre-Spring sign of the year for me.

Crocuses

By Allstonian | Tue, 02/26/2008 - 10:17am

I saw the first crocuses on Pratt Street in Allston this morning, and my own yard is full of leaf tips. (I also saw a wild rabbit last night, for the second time in about a month, but I'm not sure that's a sign of spring so much as an unusual urban wildlife sighting.)

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