Test Garden News: April 3, 2015
By Mary Hosier

It's April and signs of spring are all around us. Find out where tulips are emerging and blooming.

Greensboro, North Carolina Rose Marie Cook

"Today, we again tested soil softness in the tulip bed. The ground is thawed! With rain in the forecast and warm temps, we might get tulips earlier than ever this year."
03/31/15 Palmer, Alaska

"The snow has finally melted and about 5 shoots have emerged!"
03/30/15  Chatham, Massachusetts

In Europe, the Test Garden in Reading, England is about to bloom. How can this garden be so far north and so far along?

"Our Red Emperors at Hemdean House School have grown, not yet flowered, but I think the buds are on the way." 04/01/15 Reading, England

Predictions for 2015

"We were surprised to see our tulips blooming so soon after we noticed that they had emerged!" 03/31/15 Charlottesville, Virginia

How many days between when your Test garden emerges and blooms? Study the map archives to help you predict.

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