Why the warmer winter could bring a less colorful spring to the DC area

Hardly any snow has fallen in the D.C. region this winter, and with temperatures getting unusually warm Thursday, some experts say the spring could be significantly less colorful than normal. 

“We look at the winter weather every year as a predictor of how our spring is going to go,” said Lou Meyer, an arborist in the D.C. area with The Davey Tree Expert Company.  

While cherry blossoms typically get the most attention during spring, there are many other flowering trees that blossom and bring spectacular colors to the region. 

If those colors start to come out too early in the winter, there may be less momentum for them to shine in the spring. 

“When we have warm winters like this year, it does some fairly unusual things to our trees and shrubs,” Meyer said. 

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