Too Much Heat!

March 29, the day before the record breaking heatwave in Northern Illinois

April 1, one day later, most of the crocuses are shot.

It's such a pity when we have a heat blast at this time of year. In a span of 24 hours, the crocuses went from perfect to spent.
Many of the daffodils went from tight buds to wide open.
The Chionodoxa are wide open way too fast.
And the Magnolia buds are opening, then falling off in a single breath. It's just much better if the temperatures hover between 40 and 50 for awhile instead of breaking records and going OVER 80 DEGREES F yesterday.
I took a ton of photos in just the past 3 days--way too many good ones to post all at once, so I'll try to trickle them out here a couple times a day! And thankfully, it should cool off Friday night and remain rainy and cool over the weekend so that things in the garden will last a bit longer.