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The bad weather has delayed spring by up to four weeks but when it finally does arrive it will be a stunner, gardeners said yesterday. Temperatures have been so low for so long that plants that usually start flowering in spring are holding back to avoid being damaged by the Arctic conditions.
But the number of botanical no-shows is stacking up and when spring does arrive, gardeners expect a riot of colour in their borders. A survey by National Trust gardeners and volunteers has shown that flowering dates have been set back by up to a month, bucking a trend for the earlier flowering seen in recent years.
A national flower count has been carried out by the organisation since 2006 at its Devon and Cornwall properties, but this year it has also looked at its gardens in other parts of the country.
The survey revealed that some species appear to have put off flowering by up to a month and far fewer plants have managed to burst into bloom than this time last year.
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Source: independent.co.uk