Brrrr... Where are the Flowers?

One of my employees reported seeing winter aconite last week, so I went to the park today to see if any of my local Eranthis, Galanthus, or Crocus were in bloom, but the slope was still blanketed in snow. If anything is going on under there, it's very hard to say ( I didn't want to disturb the beauty of the pristine snow cover).

We most definitely had all of those species in bloom at this time last spring, and witch hazels (hamamelis) too.

I have not been out and about extensively yet, so I cannot give a report on the progress of other early spring bloomers, like paperbush (Edgeworthia), but we will finally get a 50 degree day this weekend, and I hope to finally be out in the landscape planting and observing.