This tree, in a Popular Science editor's Baltimore yard, was doing its very best impression of spring on December 18. Katie Peek / Popular Science
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High-temperature records are breaking all around the globe, thanks to a super-warm December. We asked readers to send images of the warmth’s effects in their area. Here are the best—photographs of plants around the world, confused by the weather and blooming out of season.
Got addled vegetation near you? Send a photo to letters@popsci.com—or tag us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram—and we’ll add it to the gallery.
My Easter paperwhite daffodils are up and blooming and it’s only December 22! Susanne SpindlerRoses blooming on December 22 in Houston, Texas Andreana ReevesRose blooming in Kansas on December 15 RondaPansies in Kokomo, Indiana on December 9 Jack BradyTaken December 12 in Central Park, New York City Ursula MilanFlowering plants on December 19 in Vienna, Austria Nicole BroschDaffodils on December 23 in Vlijmen, The Netherlands Els KooijmansA flowering Brooklyn tree on December 24 Mara GrunbaumA rhododendron blooms in Narragansett, Rhode Island, on December 23 Lori SweetCherry blossoms in Narragansett, Rhode Island, on December 23 Lori SweetDecember raspberries in Paris Olivier FayeAzaleas in bloom in Memphis, Tennessee on December 24 Kelly DahlbergSnowdrops blooming—instead of the usual snow—in Moscow on December 24 Lucy KiselevaDandelions bloom in Houston Heather NorrisA forsythia bush in Groton, Connecticut on December 23 Larry GatlinA fuchsia blooms in Lakewood, Washington on December 24 Nancy WhiteHoneysuckle vine blooming in Moulton, Alabama on December 27 Linda HarbinYellow flowers bloom on Long Island in New York State on December 25 Donald SalchDecember flowers on a tomato plant in Napa County, California Sita AnanthReader Sita Ananth says this plant—in a Napa County, California backyard—usually blooms in April Sita AnanthDaffodils bloom in Laughborough, England on December 30 Lucy KiselevaAn apple tree in San Francisco, California on December 30 Katie Peek / Popular Science