At this point in March the crocuses should be sprouting leaves and about to bloom in Pittsburgh.
Crocuses in the city typically open around March 11, a date I’m aware of because I blog about them every year. Here’s when they’ve bloomed in Schenley Park since 2009:
- March 11, 2009
- March 11, 2010
- March 14, 2011
- February 28, 2012 (the Hot year!)
- March 18, 2013
Do you think the crocuses will open by March 11 this year? No. 🙁
We aren’t alone in having a slow spring. Watch the delayed wave of blooming tulips on Journey North’s Tulip tracking site.
(photo by Kate St.John)
p.s. Found these tiny crocus leaves popping up at CMU this morning. I don’t think they’ll have flowers in less than a week.
Daffodils are sprouting at the bottom of the inner quad at CMU. I saw them Sat. (walking the dog!) and told them “Silly things! Get back underground; we’re s’posed to have 6-12 inches of snow Sun.” They knew better.
Anne
About 10 days ago most of the snow in our Hampton Township yard melted and revealed Snow Drops blooming under the snow. They normally bloom at the end of January, so even they are late. Also the Ozark Witch Hazel hybrid at Beechwood Farms is in full bloom. No sign of our Crocus yet.
Our yellow crocus plants came up here in Middle TN about a week ago and now the purple ones are out, too.