This shouldn't be happening..... should it ?

Dads and catkins here!
Any bets as to when the frogspawn will appear?

End of every February I am daily checking the Daffs and hoping they will bloom for St David's Day . This Christmas my niece gave me a bunch of locally grown Daffs .

I have a large Cornus Mas shrub which normally blooms late Feb/early March. Today I looked out and spotted the clusters of little yellow flowers that I hadn't expected to see for another 6 - 8 weeks. A primrose has unexpectedly appeared in a pot by my back door and there are daffs well on the way to flowering.

Celandines are flowering amidst the longish grass on the front lawn!

Lower temperature today was a shock to the system.
CH kicked in at 1pm.

I was going to mow too but the ground is sodden and spongy it'll be one big muddy mess if I try it... but it sure looks a mess already.

Too wet to mow ours! But there are daisies flowering in it, and flowers on the forget-me-nots.

DH mowed the lawns today. He was not happy.

I have a host of golden daffodils. I can remember when I taught, being desperate for daffs for St David's Day!!!! Never expected them on Christmas Day. Have even pulled out flowering dandelions and don't talk about the grass!!!!!!! Long and sodden!!!!!

Marmight I think that's lovely.

Roses are in bloom in the public gardens in town. DH pruned ours right back in November and they have new leaves on. Flies are still about

Have it your way bags

It's amazing how the plants in my garden have stood up to wind, rain, sleet and snow and anything else thrown at them. Even here on the east side of Scotland the bulbs are pushing up through the earth. I have just taken this photo of 'John's' rose, which has flowered away all year. I planted it in memory of DH and can see it from my desk in the kitchen. Some of his ashes are in the pot - maybe that is why it is so prolific . (Sorry if that is TMI for some readers.......)

tanith, I don,t regard December as midwinter except as concerns daylight. Temperature-wise February is nearly always the coldest month where I live.

Given that August (and not June/"midsummer") is usually the hottest month in the northern hemisphere, it's not really surprising that February should be the coldest month, after a long cooling down period, just as August tends to be the hottest (though not necessarily sunniest) after a long warming up period.

December has certainly been mild (for the most part, though we've had cold snaps) but it has been colder than October and November here.

We've had beautiful pink roses blooming on one bush, all the way through Autumn and Winter so far. They've withstood the gales and heavy rain and seem to be thriving on it.

chelseababy well spotted

Tits not tots!

Yes but it was Nov when that was written! We've got a daffodil in bloom and tots investigating the nest box.

I have decided that plants respond to different triggers as I have daffs out but no snowdrops so I reckon daffs are affected by temperature and snowdrops by light levels.

But its not Autumn thatbags its now Mid Winter is it not?

Yes it's far too warm. What small little bit can I do to help this global warming? Stop using the car ? Plant trees and if so which trees ?paint the roof white? Any ideas?

Neither is cold and wet summer weather where I live

I don't think it's unusual, not least because the subject comes up on Gransnet every autumn, but also because a lot of flowering plants have secondary flowering periods during mild autumn weather. Mild autumn weather isn't unusual either.

I've had a lenten rose flowering since September that shows no sign of flagging, all the daffodils and irises in the pots on the patio are already showing and the roses have more flowers than in the summer. The pelargoniums, fuschias and dahlias in the patio pots are at their very best at present and whilst I know a frost will cut them down I am reluctant to take them indoors whilst they are giving such good value. Monty Don said on Gardeners' World that the same thing was happening in his garden. I just think it has been an extraordinary year and they do happen from time to time.

UNusual !

I don't think it's usual, going by recent years. Climate change perhaps.