article_snippet: By this time last year, Mother Nature had painted Britain in an array of spring colours.
article_snippet: Chloe Palmer and baby Jayden enjoying daffodils in bloom in Bournemouth, Dorset in March 2014 .
article_snippet: Jennifer Campbell-Ross and Jennifer Campbell-Ross son Archie are pictured at the same spot yesterday with the daffodils yet to flower .
article_snippet: Bloomin' lovely: A cherry tree at Cambridge in March 2014 is pictured left while the same tree was still waiting to shine yesterday (right)
article_snippet: Twelve months ago flowers were already in full bloom, blossom was on the trees and wildlife was coming out of hibernation.
article_snippet: The contrast was noticed at the Royal Horticultural Society’s garden at Wisley, Surrey.
article_snippet: this year the ground was already clothed in bright yellow and purple crocuses after a mild winter.
article_snippet: this year only a few flowers poke only a few flowers heads above the ground.
article_snippet: Colin Crosbie, curator at RHS Wisley, said: ‘Colin Crosbie, curator at RHS Wisley think Colin Crosbie, curator at RHS Wisley are probably about two weeks behind where Colin Crosbie, curator at RHS Wisley were this year.
article_snippet: Student Tina Ding is pictured enjoying a field of purple and white crocuses on a sunny spring day in Aberdeen, Scotland this time this year .
article_snippet: Gian Pierro is pictured in the same spot in Aberdeen yesterday with far fewer crocuses on show than at the same time this year .
article_snippet: The spring flowers at the Royal Horticultural Society's garden at Wisley in Surrey were already putting on an impressive display by late Februay this year .
article_snippet: In late Febraury this year, there were fewer flowers on display on the same patch of land at the Royal Horticultural Society’s garden at Wisley, Surrey .