Often the snow on the hilly south side of my house has melted by early March, allowing snowdrops to push their little noses out of the ground and permitting me to pick buds that open up indoors. Most ...

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Q: I noticed my 35-year-old crab apple tree has some branches in bloom. I have never seen this before! Could it be the warm temperatures we have been having but then again, only this one branch? Maybe ...

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'Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I." Lorenz Hart's play on words sums up my feelings about spring's flowering trees and shrubs. I'm bewitched by their beauty, bothered at the seemingly infinite ...