Garden Affair : Warm spring and absence of bees

 This year would be remembered as one of the warmest spring in the decades. The spring annuals are already withering with rising temperature which has also affected  the ecological balance as the adverse effect can be seen with the absence of butterflies and bees from spring garden. 

          These are the few glimpses from spring from past years when bees and butterflies were spotted hovering over the flowers.

                                                                    

                                                                        

We had reached almost at the end of spring season this year with rising temperatures and presence of bees and butterflies is almost negligible this spring. The possible reasons of vanishing of bees in spring is still  uncertain  to me but the warmer and shorter winter period that induced  warmer spring season     could be one of the reasons for their non survival till spring season.                                                                                                                 

The presence of bees and butterflies in spring is prominent as they are pollinators to ensure production of seeds, fruits and flowers vital to maintain ecological balance. I had already discussed the vitality of presence of bees and bugs in  Importance of bees and ladybugs in garden   post.                                                             

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Warm spring

 The soaring temperature in the mid spring season is alarming with fear of Global warming and unprecedented climate change now becoming a  reality.  

The raising temperature had affected my Garden as  well as early summer blooms are already blooming along with spring flowers. 

                        Petunias are blooming aside summer bloomers Vinca and Plumbago in spring is not we see every year.             

I have always felt growing Single flowered Dahlia is more rewarding than  Giant Dahlias 

                                                         

             The unusual rise in temperatures in spring has affected spring blooming annuals in  adverse manner 

                    Buttercup and other bulbous blooms are out of shape due to sharp rise in temperatures                       

 

Meanwhile Garden is busting with colors of spring , Although the current changes in climate change scenario is indicating towards shorter period of spring season in coming years. 

                                                                                                                 

                                                              

                                                                          

                                   

                                                                                    

                                                           

                                                            

Summers are already around the corner poor Stilts have to travel in city for  quenching of water 

                                          Stilts looking for water            

                                                                           

Warm December

 The  concern about Global warming seems corroborated as  we are experiencing warm weather in December .  While a cool Autumn in November was a predicament for cold beginning of December the uncertain warmness in  weather in the month of December is alarming. 

December is actually warm when u spot Bougainvilleas and Adeniums blooming at the end of first fortnight of December.

                                                      

    Chrysanthemum blossoms had put up a show                        

My self seeder French marigolds have started blooming                                                                  

Bauhinia Purpurea is blooming profusely in December 

The silver lining of  Warm weather is that some of the blooms from Autumn are still blooming . 

October to Early March sees bird visitors in my Garden, Plumeria  Tree has become  a hotspot for        Birds in my Garden. Greater Coucal was spotted perching on Plumeria Tree                                             

                 

It flew to grass to feed upon insects and I was fortunate to capture it closer                                 

                                                                                                                              

                                                                                

Garden Affair : Warm spring

 The warm start to spring this year has again raised concern about drastic consequences of Global warming. The high temperature above 85 f  in the start of spring is precarious predicament for the near future. 

                                                                     Dusk captured on the outskirt of city             

It has been stated to be record breaking  warmest February in the  last few years in our region, the action to mitigate the global warming can be taken as a laymen  by planting  more trees and making more artificial  ponds as much as possible so that we can make a small contribution to cool down the Earth .                                                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                           

                                                                       

                                                                                                                          

At last we can rightly quote here as said by Environmentalist 

"If you want less degrees,

you must plant more tress."

It is the repercussion of early warming that blooms of   Bougainvillea and Desert Rose which are never seen   until March are  flourishing profusely in February itself.                                                                           

           

                                               

                                      

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