Warmer winters in the Kashmir Valley are leading to early flowering

A view of bloomed almond flowers in a park on a sunny day in Srinagar. Spring arrived earlier than usual in Kashmir this year due to higher temperatures in February. Gul-tour, a spring flowering herb started blooming in mid-February in Kashmir. Its yellow flowers would usually blossom in March, heralding Spring. Following gul-tour, almond and peach trees also burst into white and pale pink flowers early March in Kashmir. Almond flowers are generally seen in the middle of March.