Beginner Gardening: How is the climate changing your garden and gardening?, 1 by bonitin

bonitin wrote:
I like eating avocado's and am used to throw the pits in my garden, with the result that some of them start sprouting. This year was the first one that all four that had sprouted last year survived the winter.
The last couple of years I don't take in any longer my little olive tree and citrus trees. They were very fine without any noticeable damage from the winter period. They look much better than in the years I took them inside.
Plants considered as annuals in my zone , because of them being frost tender, like Eschscholzia californica and some of my lobelia's have survived the winter and are now growing very vigorously. Since more than a week now we are having real summer weather over here with temp. going up to 29°C!!
One of my Eschscholzia I planted in a friends garden, last autumn and it is blooming like crazy. This photo was taken on 22 April and according to my friend it has been blooming since 2 weeks before that.