Crazy Winter Weather Will Effect Our Spring Flowers

Everyone can agree I think that our fall and winter weather 2011/2012 has been completely crazy world wide. Temperatures for the most part have been quite mild for a good portion of the world. We have had massive devistating rain in many parts of Asia, especially in Thailand ( a major Orchid Producer)... And now late winter much of Europe has been hit with historic amounts of late season snow and extremely cold temperatures.

All of this crazy winter weather I'm sure is going to effect the flowers that we love for the entire rest of the year. It might not necessarily all be bad, but it will be interesting to watch it all unfold.

Here in the NW part of the USA we are seeing many kinds of plants that are normally in bud this time of year swelling, and some have already started to break. If we get a late season cold snap this could be a bad thing especially for our major fruit Producers. Walking through the city of Portland Oregon we are seeing many kinds of spring bulds already up and doing their thing, and wondering how this is going to effect our Tulip and Daffodil commercial crops this year. Even most all of the roses in the historic rose gardens of Washington Park have already sprouted and are well on their way to show us their seasonal splendor.

For those of us on the commercial side of using and dealing with flowers. Our crazy weather this year could potentially cause us some problems, especially those of us here in the northwest. Here in our part of the world we have some of the better and larger producers of all kinds of bulb flowers as well as Peony and Dahlia, and my favorite producer of all kinds of cut herbs is here in the Willamette Valley. If we get a spring and summer season with warmer drier temps earlier this year. It might mean a lot of our crops will be done and over with right when we are expecting them to be available, thats something for all of our spring, summer, and early fall Brides to be concidering. It might be a good idea to have some plan B's ready for substitution.

So now thinking of all of these seasonal flowers we are all so looking forward to. We would love to hear from other people elsewhere  as to how the seasons "unseasonalities" are effecting your part of the Planet.

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