Reports VnExpress. Nice photos at the link. Great name for the tree — "to day." I love the idea of pre-spring, but it wouldn't apply very well to the forests of the Upper Midwest of the United States.
I'm seeing "Exploding trees possible across Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota" (KKRC Sioux Falls). That does not mean "exploding" with flowers. "[S]ap and moisture inside trees freeze rapidly... it expands, creating immense pressure within the trunk.
If temperatures fall quickly enough, this pressure can cause the tree to split or explode with a sound like a gunshot or thunderclap...."
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In Ohio, we call it "cold mud", but "pre-spring" does sound much nicer.
Beautiful. They don't mention whether the blossoms carry a fragrance as well. In Texas, we have native Mexican plums that bloom in March, and their fragrance is remarkable, strong enough to fill a yard, and with a curious, palpable coherence. You'll take a step and be immersed in fragrance, and then completely out of it again another few steps away.
In Los Angeles this week, the flowering pear trees have burst into bloom. They are gorgeous for two weeks.
Here in Texas we have Second Spring, which happens after Summer and Hell seasons. Temperatures drop from hellish to tolerable and we get some rain. Everything goes from brown to green again, and flowers bloom. Freezes or what we jokingly call Winter are desired to kill off mosquito populations. In Austin, we can sometimes risk planting by January 15, and reliably plant without fear of real hard frost February 15 or so. We know it is fully Spring when the post oak trees drop their leaves, which they retain all Winter. We think post oak is a fine name for a tree, although we call our juniper "cedars" for no reason I've ever been able to find.
I don’t know about exploding trees but I’ve heard black
oaks shed giant branches in the middle of the night and the initial crack sounds like a high-caliber gunshot.
It does look beautiful. And then there's this from KKRC:
"While dramatic, exploding trees pose minimal danger to people indoors."
LOL - thanks Captain KKRC Obvious.
i wouldn't mind living in Texas if I had a second home in Canada. No way i'm putting up with 100 degree temps. Or 80 degrees with 80 percent humidity.
Pre-spring in New England is when the maple sap flows
The wife and I really loved the Crepe Myrtle trees we saw on our Mississippi cruise last year.
I thought the plants resembled forsythia which always seemed pre-spring to me. Down here in Florida all we need to worry about is somnolent iguanas falling from the trees, not explosions.
Pre-spring would be when the squill start to bloom in February.
Just what the doctor ordered for Minnesota. The risk of confusing an exploding tree with an ICE raid. Where's my whistle? LOL
I shouldn't about this.
Beware the Go Boom tree.
Watching their heads explode is another beautiful sight to see in the upper Mid.
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