my sarcacocca (sweet box) has been blooming since late january. the hellebores are all out, the snowdrops are up, & the daphnes are just about ready to go. spring starts early here - lord knows we need the flowers in this gloom.
There is something outside Group Health right on the corner of 15th & Thomas that smells exactly like hyacinths. I don't know what it is; I certainly haven't seen any hyacinths there.