Daily News | Spring is ahead of schedule in Philly, and a coming freeze might doom some blooms
On spring nights when the atmosphere suddenly retrogrades to January, Meagan Hopkins-Doerr has a reliable arsenal of low-cost supplies for protecting her precious plantings.
Given the forecasts, one might think electric blankets might be a better option. Temperatures are forecast to fall deeply into the 20s Monday and Tuesday mornings throughout the region —with stinging, drying winds. Expect those precocious daffodils to take on that defeated look, says Longwood Gardens horticultural specialist Peter Zale.
been a remarkably warm March. The March 1 to 21 period in Philadelphia, with an average temperature of 48.7 degrees, constituted the eighth-warmest first three weeks of March in records dating to 1874. Those rains Wednesday night and Thursday signaled that nature hadn’t quite yet flipped the switch to spring, and the government’s Climate Prediction Center’s outlook through April 8 has odds favoring below-normal temperatures in the region.Overall, the blooming and tree-leafing around Philadelphia appears to be well ahead of schedule, according to those who make a living caring for them.
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