The 1st flowers have just opened on the small-leaved kowhai tree, Sophora microphylla, at my parents' house in Ōtautahi-Christchurch. The tree came from Gore Bay as a seedling.
We first thought it was the earliest year ever, but no, that was 2017. It's been amazingly variable.
2012: 8 July
2013: 6 July
2014: 2 June
2015: (full bloom on 6 September so a late year)
2016: 31 July
2017: 4 May
2018: 8 July
2019: 23 June
2020: 6 June
2021: 21 July
2022: 19 June
2023: 28 May
