Daffodil Crossing

It's March 2001, and my daffodils are hardly more than showing a couple of inches above the ground. I'm off to another late season, or am I. The last two or three years we have had mild winters here in the Washington DC metro region, with much foliage showing above the ground. In all those recent seasons, March was cold and keep the daffodils hiding and holding up their blooming season from the frost all the way to April.

It has become the normal that for the early daffodil shows, I may as well not bother. Like most early daffodils, by early bloomers cannot stand the pressure of competition with other showers mid season daffodils. I end up waiting until the end of the season and start winning blue ribbons when my late season daffodils are finally getting into the blooming regimentation.

Dr. Ted Snazelle took this picture to show how 'Ice Follies' is a tough daffodil that comes up and makes a nice show, regardless of the pressure and use of it's environment.

I was very glad to see a picture like this one, and more interested in seeing it come up through a hole in the sign and blooming. Hardy is the word that strikes me.

Another friend posted on the daffodil net that she was caught in a 9 hour commute across Maryland (about an hour and a half trip) in a snow storm while returning from Connecticut. That same snow storm resulted in a 130 vehicle pile up on I-95, and saw numerous snow related accidents, including a "small" 45 car pile up. All this to the same storm. We were glad the friend was safe. However, a warm rain came a couple days after the snow storm, and that's when I saw my first daffodil foliage beginning to peak through the mulch. That is, after the warm rain melted the snow.

The daffodil, that eternal harbinger of Spring. What can I say? As miserable as the weather is, yet the daffodil finds time to remind you that spring is near.

Let's get into spring. Bring on the brightness, and the beauty of the daffodil.

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