The calendar may say it’s still winter, but the cherry blossoms and the temperatures in the D.C. region said otherwise Friday.
Although days remain before the equinox, so many signs of spring were evident in D.C. on Friday that it was hard to argue that the season hadn’t already made its debut, well ahead of the published timetables., which begins early Sunday morning, often is regarded as a symbol of spring. On Friday, Washington marked its last work day of the cold-weather season before the switch. On Monday, leaving work will bring many into a newer, brighter world of seemingly longer days.
By Friday, these trees had advanced to the halfway point of their blooming process, according to the National Mall unit of the National Park Service.In the horticultural terms used to describe the progression of stages, the Park Service said Friday they were at “florets extended”
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