Spring feelings

Spring is finally here again - that's what most people think as soon as it starts to green and bloom all around. Nature awakens to new life, with many animals the mating season begins. We humans too let ourselves be seduced by the first warm rays of the sun.

The first harbingers of spring out in nature are the so-called geophytes, which push their leaves through the earth and bloom early in the year, mostly in gardens or deciduous forests. Already in February or March the wood anemone or the liverwort use the direct light and warmth above the ground. The flowering period ends when the trees sprout.

Early bloomers such as violets, celandine or cowslip can protect themselves well against low temperatures or even frosts. The time of early spring is followed by the so-called full spring, which begins with the blossoming of the apple blossom. The flower buds open first in the southwest and about 16 days later in the northeast. According to the general weather, the beginning of the apple blossom varies from year to year.

April is also the prime time for tulips and daffodils. The spring blooming onion flowers develop fruit or seed between the winter cold and dry season in summer. Your storage organ is the onion.

Imperial crown, checkerboard flower and hyacinth bloom until May. The spring is almost outwitted by the cultivation in lightly heated greenhouses. Many spring plants are prematurely planted by the gardeners, which means that they all bloom much earlier than outdoors, for example tulips in January or imperial crowns in March.