KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Spring is finally here after one of the longest, coldest and snowiest winters in recent Kansas City memory.
"It's just great to be outside, it's time for new plants," said Anne Wildeboor, a horticulturist at the Overland Park Arboretum. "Seeing those things emerge, when they are coming up gets me so excited.
Wildeboor said the planting schedule is two to three weeks behind.
She is one of several employees and hundreds of volunteers that are cleaning up and getting ready plant new plants at the arboretum.
"There are Hellebore that are blooming, daffodils are starting to bloom, the trees are budding. It’s that burst of color and that green after that very long, very brown, gray winter," Wildeboor said.
The excitement for new growth is starting to swamp gardening stores like the Grass Pad in Olathe, Kansas.
"Spring is really just a time of emergence," said Richard Peeper, the store manager at Grass Pad. "We start to see things that we planted last fall. Tulips, Daffodils breaking through the ground. Showing us and ushering us into a warmer time of the year."
With the weather still delivering storm after spring storm, planting could be tricky. But the experts say don't let that stop you.
"Springtime is here. Time to get in the garden, time to get our hands dirty," Peeper said.
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