This is something I'd never heard of before. There are a number of different kinds of "winter" down here. This refers to a cold snap during the time of another occurrence, such as the dogwoods blooming. This can happen with the Redbud trees, locust trees, etc. There is a Whipoorwill winter and a Lindsey-Woolsey winter. It is written about quite well here:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2410/#b
So I will let you all read this. He does a great job of explaining it all!
Right now my peonies and iris and roses are all blooming. We are going to be a bit cooler tomorrow, in the 60s. Not really a winter but last week we had three nights of frost. The locusts are blooming so I guess this is a Locust Winter!
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