I heard an article on the BBC last weekend that the number of plant species found in flower in the UK on January 1 was over 300 compared to the normal 30 or so. This was presented as a consequence of the warm global temperatures in 2014.
Despite the very cold spell over New Year our camellia has started to flower, somehow the flowers have avoided the frost (which can turn all the flowers on a bush brown overnight) and the rain (which has the same effect). There's a certain mathematical perfection to the shape of the petals on this one, picked to celebrate Barbara's birthday:
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