After hanging up my big winter coat 'for good' this season, I came home to freezing rain yesterday! Little ice balls dotted the mulch, they were actually quite pretty.
I'm trying not to freak out because I know the crocuses will be just fine.
Every article I read re-assures me that everything will be just fine. Forecasts say lows will be down to 18°F on Wednesday - but I have to remind myself that the ground has done quite a bit of warming up over the past few weeks, on those days when it was sunny and 65. What a tease!
The clay soil actually warms slower, but will also cool slower - retaining the heat from earlier and leaving the croci basically unphased by the overnight dip.
![crocus in winter crocus in winter](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCRO6YVrAilT9hcRRG4wVimPcD2D6-zp44ZpXBvlwmJg7rizQLQc0HorgpZDh_1EUD4WhO8kpAec2VD-P8tE59luR7SUJQ7b8PweNX4u7NFX7UFCVfOhyphenhyphen6FL_scQdaEu3_s5Wp-SdK8E/s1600/crocus+freezing+rain.JPG) |
I hope that new white shoot in the center is the actual flower poking through |
![crocuses frozen rain crocuses frozen rain](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTV8oeVUdUsDC85jz4p6Z1-ODyzXSwCxAzv-2x5hJ9jWdNfzE83bH7uoPuBBWojBVnZB4N-83m6X9oGaKMusTjWflMqZwXv9RG7zAyovWnXFeQcHGtWZabauTZ7UbBfHM1MYwmrOvTlo/s1600/crocus+frozen+rain.JPG) |
Croci doing their best, taking their sweet time |
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Little frozen rain balls on a patio chair |
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