A Misplaced Spring

Here we are, a couple of days past our Winter Solstice, and my wanderings outside have discovered a garden in a state of confusion. I thought I might share a few photos of what has been happening.

The first Daffodil has bloomed, and more buds are ready....

The Hardenbergia Violacea is in full flower....

Potato plants are thriving as if it is September, even as the Lettuce seedlings begin to unfurl....

The Lemon is flowering.....

And the Borage, normally a flower that brightens Spring and Summer days, is flowering and feeding the bees that are willing to brave the Winter breeze....

The ballerina Fuschias are flowering as well, emjoying the sunshine that reaches in beneath the outstretched limbs of Alnus Jorullensis....

And the first shoots are opening on a Mullberry that is being developed as a bonsai.  Will any of these survive the frosts and blizzards that we expect over the winter months?  Will the snow fall and the sleet fly, this year, as it so often did?  Perhaps there will be no snow or sleet, and the frosts will merely tickle and nip the edges of the leaves and petals that should have slept for a few more months.  What adjustments will I need to make to my gardens to help them flourish as the seasons change?  What adjustments will our society need to make to help its members flourish as the seasons shift, and the sea levels rise?