Some of my snowdrops (in Hamilton) are in bloom now too because of the warm weather. I'm not worried about the snowdrops, but am concerned about how this warm weather will affect some of my young trees that are more budded out than usual (cornus controversa variegata, styrax obassia, magnolia japonica, stewartia pseudocamellia.) On the other hand my cyclamen, arums, and mahonias all looks unusually good for this time of year -- almost like on the west coast!

Thank you. I think Asclepias speciosa fits the pic and the description. How much flowers look different when we look at them from close-up!

Our native Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nutallii ) isn't really planted--too susceptible to Anthracnose. But Eddie's White Wonder is early flowering, according to GPP. Love their "Geek Notes":Originated by British Columbia nurseryman and rosarian Henry Matheson Eddie (1881-1953) in 1945. United States Plant Patent #2413 bestowed in 1964. Awarded an Award of Merit 1972, a First Class Certificate in 1977, and an Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). Dr. Gerald Straley ("Trees of Vancouver" 1992) noted that the original crosses were done during the late 1930's and 1940's. "The crosses involved both white and pink Eastern Dogwood (Cornus florida) and our native Western Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii). Most of the seedlings were lost to a flood in 1947 in the Fraser Valley, but one of the best seedlings had been moved to Richmond and this is the one from which all of the 'Eddie's White Wonder' have been propagated.Guess I'll find out more tomorrow when I'll see it in flower...

Fothergilla....size has me thinking a variety of F. major