The Time of Year

There is a conversation that takes place round about now, it goes like this:
Me: The (name of flower) is very late this year
Carrie: You said that last year
OK so I thought the day lilies should at least be putting up some flower spikes by now but I could be wrong.............the Oriental poppies are *definitely* late, so there...........and the honeysuckle at the front too. Tomatoes are now in their gro-bags in the greenhouse, all the lily-of-the-valley variety seeds from last year came up, I thought they were probably too old but obviously not, so they're in too, and the chilli peppers, cucumbers in the other one............gave the Rescue Rose and clematis a crew-cut to let in more light...........potatoes into the Chinese pot and climbing beans into the barrel..........we are going to have tons of raspberries again, and the wee apples trees already have lots of tiny fruits............