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February 15th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Tamara Cohen
Last updated at 1:32 AM on 15th February 2012
Britain’s gardens are in bloom already despite two weeks of sub-zero temperatures, the National Trust said yesterday.
Hundreds of volunteers conducting their annual Valentine’s Day flower count found a 19 cent rise in flowers and bulbs in bloom compared with this time last year.
They said while the mild weather during December and January tricked plants into coming out early, they will flower again in a few weeks in a ‘second Spring’.
Blooming Britain: Tommy Teagle counts the Camellia ‘Yours Truly’ as the National Trust’s annual flower count gets underway at Lanhydrock near Bodmin, Cornwall yesterday
Many of the Trust’s 52 properties where gardeners carried out the count had seen a ‘preview’ of flowers such as snowdrops and hydrangeas.
And a plethora of buds are ready to open once the temperatures rise, experts said, indicating Spring is likely to be early and longer than usual, unless there is another Arctic freeze.
It was a dry and bright day yesterday with temperatures reaching 10C (50F) in the south west and 8C (46F) in most of the rest of the country, and forecast to stay mild all week.
A total of 2,605 plants were recorded – up nearly a fifth on last year and the highest since 2008 when the earliest Spring on record saw 3,335 in bloom.
Mike Calnan, Head of Gardens Parks at the National Trust, said: ‘We were gearing up for a record year with our flower count, but our plans were slightly thwarted by the recent icy temperatures from the continent.
‘Comparing the number of plants across our gardens on a set day every year gives us a real insight into how our gardens respond to weather patterns, and is a useful ‘barometer’ for the season ahead.’
From snowflakes to Snowdrops: Piers Dolan counts the Snowdrops in Bodmin, Cornwall, yesterday as hundreds of volunteers conduct their annual Valentine’s Day flower count
Some of the most striking increases were in Devon and Cornwall which saw a 25 per cent increase on last year and escaped much of the recent cold weather.
Mild weather saw Lanhydrock in Cornwall’s earliest flowering magnolia on New Year’s Day, and Agapanthus, which usually flowers in June, is out already at Trengwainton.
Ian Wright, National Trust South West Gardens Consultant, said: ‘ The great snowdrop spectaculars at many of our gardens are also well underway.
‘Many plants were continuing to grow until last week, including Hydrangeas and it remains to be seen if they have survived this cold weather unscathed.
National Trust Gardner Anthony Cockell inspects a bed of bright yellow Winter Aconite, Eranthis hyemalis, as he carries out a Valentines day flower count of all the blooms in the gardens at Saltram National Trust in Plymouth, Devon
‘Spring was a little too fast of the starting blocks, but nature is a great healer so we hope many plants and bulbs affected by the cold snap will go on to flower when the temperatures start to rise.’
‘This year should hopefully be a good year for camellias and other plants which have tighter buds that would have stood a better chance of surviving the cold snap.’
Dunham Massey in Cheshire – where daffodils bloomed in December – also saw a major increase.
However despite the snow, it has been another dry month for the drought-hit east of England – and could get worse with the prospect of an early Spring.
Drought stress this year is ‘virtually inevitable’ in several counties after more than a year of low rainfall, the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology said yesterday.
The Environment Agency has warned of a ‘high probability’ of regional hosepipe bans and other restrictions as reservoirs are still extremely low.
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