Waiting for Spring, and thinking about the changes in the garden, then seeing the first flush of green, I always think of a favourite poem ...

Nothing Gold Can Stay (Frost)

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leafs a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

Although green shoots are a sign of spring, for many plants such as a willow or birch, the first flush of foilage is in fact gold. A really nice image to hang on to with the weather as it is.

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Thats a lovely poem, Yellowrose.Really cheered me up.:thumbsup:

lovely - my daffs are pushing their way up. Spring definitely feels like it's on the way, but February is usually our worst month :(

lovely - my daffs are pushing their way up. Spring definitely feels like it's on the way, but February is usually our worst month :(

Yes, all my daffs are poking through.Put some pink, yellow & purple hyacinths in last Autumn and they are showing their heads.