The early arrival of spring weather means the flowers at Canberra's Floriade festival have started blooming a month before the gates open
The early arrival of spring weather means the flowers at Canberra's Floriade festival have started blooming a month before the gates open
www.abc.net.au
No, it's not your imagination. Spring has arrived weeks earlier and gardeners are having to adapt
Unseasonably warm weather means flowers have bloomed a month before Canberra's Floriade festival begins.
ANU climatologist Janette Lindesay says winter is getting shorter and spring is starting earlier, and commercial horticulturalists like Paul De Jong are having to adapt to the changing weather.
Floriade organisers are not planing to bring forward the opening and are confident the flowers will look vibrant throughout the month-long festival.