It's officially spring and we have daffodils! I saw this bunch beginning to bloom last week. Still, they are not quite living up to their cultivar name — 'February Gold'.
As with most of the earliest blooming bulb specimens, this one is planted near a south-facing foundation which heats up in the winter sun and conducts warmth down into the soil, giving these bulbs a head start on their less fortunate peers — what we call a micro-climate in the trade.
'February Gold' daffodils near a south-facing foundation.