I'd venture to say that it is exactly the same, Daisy. We are experiencing what I can only describe as an 'old-fashioned' February, ie the kind that we haven't had for many years, cold and wet. The shrubs in question are looking rather sorry for themselves, as are most of the other plants in the garden. As I write this there has been a short shower of hail and the sky is looking threatening from horizon to horizon so I think we are in for another very wet day. The BBC weather forecast last night predicted a temperature today of 8 degrees C for Nicosia, that's on a par with London at 9 degrees C.