warm spring

As warm spring weather and effusions of greenery spread across our disordered continent, Americans are understandably mesmerized by the widening chaos, unresolved conflict and bottomless corruption of Donald Trump’s second presidency.

"Last year we had a mild winter, warm spring and then we had a wet summer – and that's not good for wildlife that's learned to adapt to a certain climate pattern," he told BBC Breakfast.

Ms Dove, of Kew's kitchen garden, said that while "traditional" fruits like apples were struggling, "the warm spring means crops like citrus, kiwi, and tropical plants are thriving earlier, with longer seasons and better yields".

Warm spring evenings that soon will lip into summer swelter.

Does a dry, sunny warm spring lead to a wet summer?