Debut in yellow
It doesn't take long. As I noted yesterday, Winter Aconite is always in a hurry, and a mere day after I spotted the first Eranthis hyemalis leaves emerging from a patch of unfrozen ground, the first flower bud appeared. It was a study in yellow—the warmth of the sun captured at soil level. I fear we're not going to get many more Aconite blossoms any time soon, since the forecast calls for increased cold and maybe some actual snow. But regardless of the weather, the hardy and early plants will do fine, even in the teeth of a blizzard and a stretch of frigid temperatures. No species that tries to come to life in late February is anything less than tough; natural selection would certainly select against it.
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