Date: 03/29/2006

Number: 1

The tulips in our warmest microclimates - on the east side of the building and on the south side of a concrete wall that is our school sign - bloomed on 3/29. The tulips in our cooler sites - our Outdoor Classroom and in a cut-out on our black-top covered playground, bloomed 4/2. We had a warm couple of days - up into the low 60s - about 12 days ago. Then it turned cooler than usual - nightime lows back into the upper 30s, daytime highs in the upper 40s and low 50s. We're back to normal yesterday and today, more like mid 50s high.

I had to go up to school to check daily, since we are on Spring Break this week. We also learned that tulips don't do very well were there is a lot of foot traffic and/or where they get clobbered by stray playground balls. No data from those sites!

Portland, OR

Latitude: 45.5 Longitude: -122.7

Observed by: Maye
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