Seattle weather question

[ksmith]

I know I asked this before, but I've forgotten the answer. End of March--are lawns green? Flowers starting to bloom? More sunny or more rainy? I've visited Seattle in April, and everything was green and flowering.

Comments

[anghara.livejournal.com]

My spring bulbs are out and about by the end of FEBRUARY, certainly by mid-March. The rhododendrons are starting to come in. Yes, I'd say flowers are definitely out.

Lawns - I don't know. I don't own one.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Roses?

[galeni.livejournal.com]

Usually the roses wait until April or May, depending on how much sunshine we get. But if it were a very warm winter, then March for the earliest of mine (close to the house so they stay warm) isn't completely out of the question. Mine are miniatures growing in a planter beneath the daylight basement window. The large bushes, however, wait longer.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I have a little rewriting to do.

[lisamantchev.livejournal.com]

Re: the lawns. They get green as soon as the rains start in Sept/Oct and stay that way until the heat of summer. They will be pretty mushy, though, with spring rainfall.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

::sigh:: Wants to move there.

Thanks for the info.

[lisamantchev.livejournal.com]

*is out on the Peninsula with the sparkly vampires* ;)

[elfs.livejournal.com]

More rainy than April. End of March... it depends. Most winters, yes, lawns will be green. If we're lucky, lawns will have been green and growing-- albeit very slowly-- throughout the winter. "Luck" depends on whether or not we have snowfall heavy enough to keep sunlight off the grass for more than three weeks. That happens about one winter out of three. If there was mid-January snowfall and the cold lasted into February, then you'll have brown lawns.

I guess "lucky" is a matter of perspective. After all, the kids love snow.