First Day of Spring, in the South.

Well, all I can say Sue, is welcome to the club! :S I'm almost glad that my Camellias have no buds!

I'd rather be 'black-balled' from your club, Karen. Hoping it's all gone by tomorrow afternoon. Luckily Camellia plants are tough, even if the flowers aren't,

Now I'm sorry Siris but I've had a right chuckle now, only a few minutes ago I read your comment on my blog and thought now where can that be, I didn't know there was anywhere without snow, so I looked again at your profile, we didn't want you to feel left out, lol. Its still flipping snowing here, been non-stop all day, enough is enough and I for one have certainly gone right off it, I gave up on going out to thaw the birdbaths after lunchtime, luckily the birds can sit on our net that covers the fishpond, the pumps are never turned off so it doesn't freeze completely...
Your Camellia is absolutely gorgeous.....

Sanbaz had no snow at all at lunch time. I must ask her how its going! She's near Blackpool if you remember.

Karen I haven't seen Sanbaz for ages how is she, are you both on FB btw?
Siris we have more than you at the moment, and more expected tonight and all day tomorrow, and then a week of rain!

We are Angela! I've just heard from her. She's still not got any snow, but says its bitter wind there. Will pm you....

So glad you took a photo of your lovely Camellia before the frost did for it.

Poor camellia, that’s why mine don’t do well. The wind seems to be the issue at the moment here. I guess the beautiful white camellia you mentioned the other day, down the road, is brown now too :-(

Dawn, Donation always seems early. The white, along the road, only one flower, brown now, but plenty of buds amongst the leaves unless they've been destroyed or pecked off by the birds. My red is bidding it's time.

Poor Donation has been caught out this year then.
I’m pleased your red in lying in wait.

Most of ours are still in tight bud, and I am pleased they are....

I hope all those remaining buds stay closed until this spell of wet weather, forcaste for next week, has past.

That is soo beautiful. We have a couple of snowdrops, now
covered with snow again. I hear we are going to get a biggy on Tues. or Wed. This is March! As long as the cold lets up
during crabapple time, lilac time, I will put up with a little more. But I read just as terrible or worse overseas.For the longest time, have thought you were an Iris. I now see it's a statue behind. Very clever.

Wells, I just adore bearded Irises, and my initial is S, I should have put an apostrophe in there.

That camellia is stunning... such a pity about the snow damage ... I hope some new buds emerged afterwards.

All the unopened buds are now opening, but they are falling off rapidly. I think the frost damaged the flower pedicels.