Little Surprises
By MrsJ
@SophiaMorros (5044)
Belews Creek, North Carolina
February 23, 2022 5:26pm CST
Every year I watch my daffodils push up through the ground. They have been growing slowly for a few weeks and there are a few that are flowering. Most still have some growing to do.
…and then there are the crocuses. I watch for them every year. I study the ground where I expect them to sprout. I never see them before the a ready to blossom.
Sunday morning there was a little yellow bloom but I didn’t see any evidence of any others attempting to make an appearance. Other yellow ones have appeared but still no sign of the purple or white ones.
This morning I found this beauty.
There had been no warning. No leaves pushing their way up to announce the imminent arrival of a bloom. When it was time: TA DA!
I like little surprises.
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
25 Feb 22
@SophiaMorros K says she's seen some come up over the few days. I'll keep watching for them.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
I would have expected your daffodils to be ahead of ours. The first of mine bloomed Tuesday. There's a bunch across the street that were flowering a week before that.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
25 Feb 22
@DWDavis I spotted the first green shoots on ours back around the beginning of February. The early ones are blooming, but most are in places where they don't get a lot of sunshine so we will have daffodils blooming probably through the end of March.
When we lived in Alabama we'd usually see the first shoots early in January.
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@JudyEv (338657)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Feb 22
@SophiaMorros These were at my Mum's place. Unless you actually parted the leaves and went looking, you'd never have known there were flowers there.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
I always try to spot them and never succeed. They are sneaky little flowers.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
I think that's why I like crocuses. They are one of the first signs of spring...and I missed them in Alabama!
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@Juliaacv (50851)
• Canada
24 Feb 22
@SophiaMorros They are a remarkable small little flower, so resilient that here, in cold climates, they can withstand cold weather and even snow all the time maintaining a pretty bloom.
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@RasmaSandra (79362)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Feb 22
What a lovely surprise, I always enjoyed seeing my tulips coming up in the spring when I had a garden in Latvia,
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
My tulips are coming, but they are still several weeks away.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
They do it every year.they are sneaky!
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
24 Feb 22
@SophiaMorros Those are the best.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
Thank you! It's too early for my garden...this time of year I enjoy the flowers that pop up every year without any effort from me.
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@RebeccasFarm (89741)
• Arvada, Colorado
24 Feb 22
Ah the lovely crocus..we are still in a very deep freeze here
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@RebeccasFarm (89741)
• Arvada, Colorado
24 Feb 22
@SophiaMorros A lovely place, anywhere but here at this moment
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
@RebeccasFarm It's a good compromise between Canada, where I am from, and Alabama my husband's home stage.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
It freezes here, but rarely does it stay below freezing for more than a couple of days at a stretch. We've had very mild temperatures the last few days.
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@Vikingswest1 (6304)
• United States
23 Feb 22
I was just bragging about my crocus and daffodils that were blooming.
I was excited when I saw they were up.
Then, three days ago we got three inches of snow and temps in the teens. The ground has had snow or frost covering it for 4 days. I am afraid to go look. I hope they survive.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
Crocuses and daffodils are pretty resilient. We may yet get snow here as well...it wouldn't be the first time a storm dropped 10 inches on us in March.
@Marilynda1225 (82582)
• United States
24 Feb 22
I would love that surprise. No sign of spring here and winter isn't leaving quite yet
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
We have yo-yo weather right now. Yesterday at this time it was 70 today it is in the mid 40s tomorrow it is supposed to be 70 again!
@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
I planted the bulbs a few years ago and the come back every year without additional effort.
@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
I love having a yard with room for plants.
@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Feb 22
That's a good way to describe it.
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@kaylachan (68508)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Feb 22
And, that seems to be a good one.
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@FourWalls (67380)
• United States
24 Feb 22
It’s like they’re singing to you: to paraphrase the Little River Band, hang on, spring is on its way!
@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
24 Feb 22
@SophiaMorros
I do not know a lot about flowers and the picture you put here is very pretty. Thank you for sharing this with us.
