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Only a person, probably, does not know how to feel the change in the weather. But plants - flowers, trees, shrubs, herbs - can. It is good that people are observant, and not being able to independently determine changes in the weather, they learned to determine it by plants.
By flowers, plants, you can determine the weather both for several hours and for several months in advance. Let's start with short-term forecasts.

Spring Adonis.

If the tops of the flower stalks of the plant look to the side or are lowered down, then it will be rain, but if they are adjacent to the petals, then the weather will be good.

The cicutus stork.

If the awns straighten out, then it will be rain, and if the awns on the lobes of the box-shaped fruit of the cicut stork in the lower part of the plant are twisted spirally, then this is for good weather.

Acacia yellow and white.

Accurately determine the weather will allow acacia. If a drop of honey is visible in the center of the flower, the pistils move apart, the corollas are open, the flowers smell strongly - then this is before bad weather. If the flowers smell strongly on a sunny morning, there are many different insects and bees above the bushes, then soon it will rain with a thunderstorm.

Above flowering bushes acacia no bees - this is good weather. If the bees do not fly away to the apiary during bad weather, but hide in the acacia bushes, then the weather will be good.

Cornflower meadow.

Determining the weather with the help of a cornflower is not at all difficult. If the flowers are closed so that their blue petals are not visible, this is for rain. If they are open and nectar is released - to good weather.

Anemone oak.

If the flowers do not bloom, and the plant itself has drooped, it will rain. If a plant with open flowers, then this is for good weather.

Field bindweed.

If the flowers of the plant are closed in the middle of the day or do not open in the morning, then this is to rain. Flowers open in the morning - by clear weather.

Calendula officinalis.

If the leaves droop, the flowers close in the middle of the day - in a few hours it will rain. If the flowers open closer to noon, then this is rain. If the orange flowers are far visible and the corollas of the flower are open from early morning, this is good weather.

Horse chestnut.

If droplets of sticky liquid flow from the leaves and petioles, then in 1-2 days it will rain.

Common sour.

If the flowers do not curl up at night, but bloom, during the day the flowers droop and fold, then this is rain. If the leaves are pressed against the stems - also to the rain. If the flowers fold at night and the flowers open during the day, this is for good weather.

Clover.

If the plant shrinks, leans, brings its leaves together, its inflorescence droops - this is what happens before the rain. If the plant stands with straightened leaves and heads, then this is for good weather.

The bell is spreading.

If the tops of the peduncles of the spreading bell are lowered down or look to the sides, then this is for rain. If the flowers are far visible, the peduncles are straightened - for good weather.

Bone is stony.

If the amniotic leaves are bent up or straightened, then in 15-20 hours it will rain. If the narrow long leaves surrounding the fruits are twisted down, then this is for good weather.

The water lily is white.

The white water lily also helps determine the weather. If the flowers of the plant collect white petals together, and completely close in the middle of the day or half closed, then rain is near. If the flowers go under water, close - be bad weather. If the flowers do not appear from the water, then this is bad luck with long rains. If the flowers of the white water lily open at about 7-8 in the morning and close at 17-18 in the evening, this means clear weather in the near future.

Levkoi.

If the flowers began to smell strongly - then after 15-20 minutes. it will rain.
If the aroma of levkoy flowers is not felt at all, then the weather will be hot and there will be no rain.

Linden hearty.

If the smell of honey is already felt far from the tree, then this is for rain. If there are few insects on flowering trees, then this is for dry weather.

The love is two-leaved.

If at night the flowers of the love are closed, then this is for rain. If the flowers of the plant open after 7 pm and close at 2-3 am, and there are a lot of nocturnal insects on the flowers of the two-leaved love, then this is for good weather.

Buttercup caustic, creeping and other buttercups.

If the plants drooped, the flowers curled up, then in a few hours it will rain. If the plants are straightened, the buttercup flowers are far visible, then this is good weather.

Sowing carrots.

If the inflorescence drooped, then this is to rain. If the inflorescence sticks up, then - to good weather.

Dandelion officinalis.

Who doesn't know dandelion! But it also helps to determine how the weather will be. If the leaves wilt, the inflorescences curl up, then after a few hours will go rain. If the fluffy ball of the plant is almost invisible, shrunk, not a single flying seed, even at very strong wind does not rise into the air, then this happens before the rain. If dandelion plants are yellow, bright, inflorescences are far visible and open, then this is good weather. If dandelion seeds are separated in a light wind, then this is good weather.

Stonecrop.

If the flowers of the plant do not curl up at night, then it will rain in the morning. If the flowers are open during the day and close at night, then this is good weather.

Bracken fern.

If the leaves are curled up or untwisted, it means that it will rain soon. If the leaves are curled down, then this is a sign of good weather.

Shot open.

If there are a lot of insects above the lumbago and they sit on the open flowers of the plant, then this is for rain. If nectar is not released and in the evening insects fly past open flowers, then this is good weather.

Meadow heart.

If the flowers of the plant droop, then this is rain. If the purple and white flowers are clearly visible, it means good weather.

Lilac ordinary.

If the flowers begin to smell very strongly, then in 15-20 minutes it will rain. If the smell of lilac is not felt next to the bush, then this is for good weather.

Smolevka.

If butterflies fly past, the flowers are closed - to the rain. If the flowers are open at night and in the evening, and emit a fragrance, and night butterflies sit on the flowers, then this sign indicates that the weather will be fine.

Smolka ordinary.

If its flowers close during the day or are closed in the morning, then this is for rain.
If the flowers are open and the bees sit on the flowers, then this is a sign of good weather.

Currant.

If you have currant bushes in your garden, they will be able to determine the weather for tomorrow. So, if there is a smell from the bushes, then in 15-20 hours it will rain. The currant flowers began to smell especially strongly, and there are a lot of bees above the currant bushes, then in 15 minutes it will start to rain. If the currant bushes have no smell, then this is for hot weather.

Violet tricolor.

If the flowers of the plant are closed or closed, the stalk is bent, the leaves are drooping, then this happens - a few hours before the rain.
If the plant is bright, it purple flowers open, then this is for good weather.

Chicory ordinary.

If the inflorescences of common chicory close in the morning or are closed in the morning, it will rain. If a blue flowers close in the afternoon, open with sunrise - this is for good weather.

The celandine is big.

If during the day the flowers curl up, the plant droops, then in a few hours it will rain. If the flowers do not open in the morning, the plant is drooping - by the rain. If the yellow flowers of celandine are far visible and the plants are straightened - to good weather.

Marsh calla.

If a leaf, which looks like a bird's wing, sticks up, quite tightly adhering to the inflorescence and its snow-white side is clearly visible from afar, then this is sunny weather.

Sowing buckwheat.

Buckwheat will help you easily determine the weather. If there are few insects on its flowers, then this is for dry weather.

Drama is white.

If in the evening large insects fly past the open flowers of white doze, and its nectar does not stand out, then such signs help to determine that clear weather will come soon.

Jasmine.

If there is absolutely no smell from flowering jasmine bushes, this is for good weather.

Honeysuckle is edible.

If the flowers on the honeysuckle bush do not smell, and even at night the smell of flowers is barely perceptible, then this is a sign of good weather.

Starry medium.

If the small white starflower flowers open at 9 a.m. and remain until 4 p.m., then there will be good sunny weather the next day.

The water lily is yellow.

Like the white water lily, the yellow water lily flowers will also help determine the weather. If the flowers open in the morning, the weather will be fine.

Juniper ordinary.

If the shoots that are moving away from the trunk are bent, and the angle between the shoot and the trunk is increasing, then there will be good weather.

Motherwort five-lobed.

If motherwort flowers secrete nectar, there are a lot of insects around them - there will be good weather.

Mountain ash.

If during the day there are a lot of insects and bees over flowering rowan trees, then the weather will be clear.

Horsetail.

If a lot of juice is released from the young horsetail shoots broken in the early morning (from the bottom of the plant), then there will be sunny weather.

Common bird cherry.

If during the day there are a lot of insects and bees above the flowering bushes - to clear weather.

The lamb is white.

If insects are hovering over the flowers of the white lamb - to good weather.

Geranium.

If the geranium hairs on the stem and leaves are straightened, it will rain.

Derbennik loosestrife.

If there is a “weeping” of loosestrife plants, then soon it will rain.

Poplar black.

If there is a "weeping" poplar, then in a few hours it will rain.

Alder gray.

If there is a “weeping” of an alder, this is for rain.

Aspen.

"Crying" aspens - to the rain.

Quinoa.

If moisture appears on the underside of the quinoa leaves, this is for rain.

How to determine the long-term weather forecast for plants.

If in autumn the leaves on the trees begin to turn yellow from below. Rowan and bird cherry blossomed later than usual, it will be late spring.

If dandelion, mountain ash, bird cherry bloom earlier than usual, then the summer will be warm and short.

If the leaves on birch appeared earlier than on maple and alder, and on oak later than on ash, then the summer will be hot and dry.

If a lot of juice flows from birch and maple, if the leaves on the birch appeared later than on the maple and alder, and on the oak earlier than on the ash, then the summer will be rainy and cold.

If nettles, violets, clover, buttercups, jaundice, yarrow, shepherd's purse continue to bloom at the end of summer, then there will be a warm autumn.

If the mountain ash bloomed late, then there will be a long and warm autumn.

If in early August the leaves on the trees began to turn yellow, then autumn will be early.

If ripe oats begin to turn green and there are many fruits on mountain ash in the forest, then autumn will be rainy.

If the crop of acorns, cones and mushrooms is low. If the leaf fall began from the top of the trees, the leaves from the oak and birch fell off completely. If there is a lot of thistle field in the fields, then all these signs determine us a cold winter.

If leaf fall began from the lower branches of trees. If the leaves from oak, birch and other trees fall completely and together. If there are a lot of mushrooms in the forest, acorns on oak and sorrel, then according to such indications, it will be possible to determine warm winter with thaws.

If the willow is covered with frost early, then the winter will be long.
That's all, now you can determine the weather in advance by flowers and plants!

Not only weather forecasters and living creatures (animals, birds, amphibians, crustaceans, fish, insects), but even plants can predict the weather for the next few hours, days and even weeks.

Scientists claim that more than four hundred species can be counted in the post-Soviet space. various plants capable of predicting the weather. They can be found in a flower bed, in a field, in a garden, in a kitchen garden, near a river or pond, in a park or in a forest. True, in order to determine the weather by their behavior, you should look closely. Plants make most of their movements in accordance with their natural biological clock, but at times they react in the same way to changes in the weather. Some flowers close before the rain or change their appearance. A good predictor of the coming bad weather is

mallow ordinary, the flowers of which seem to fade before the rain. Ipomoea also signals the imminent rain, folding its purple flowers into a bundle. But the yellow acacia, Tatar and common honeysuckle before the rain release a huge amount of nectar, attracting various insects. The violet is also a reliable barometer - if its flowers look cheerfully at the world purple eye, then this is for stable sunny weather. And when the violet flower is closed, then bad weather should be expected. On the lawns and flower beds of urban megacities are often found

broadleaf cannes,

which, despite their East Indian origin, in our conditions bloom until the first frost. But few people know that these flowers are also called the “rain tree”, because when transparent droplets of moisture are visible on the wide leaves of cannes in the morning, it will definitely rain in the afternoon. Mimosa trees can also predict the next bad weather, which fold their leaves before the rain, as if they are afraid to soak them. From indoor plants a good weather forecaster is

monstera, which, on the eve of rain, begins to “cry”, releasing droplets of moisture at the ends of its leaves. On the garden plots or in vegetable gardens you can often find nondescript grass, the leaves of which always seem to be wet to the touch. This plant is called wood lice, and many summer residents are trying in every possible way to get rid of this weed. But a few bushes of wood lice on the site should still be left, because by its small white flowers you can determine whether it will rain in the near future or not. If the corollas of woodlice flowers are not opened in the morning, and the flowers themselves drooped, then after some time the first drops should be expected. Since the wood lice blooms from April until the first cold weather, you can use such a weather forecaster all summer. Even an ordinary potato bends its pedicels down before the rain, so when you arrive at the site, the first thing you need to do is take a closer look at it. The onset of bad weather portends and

common clover, the leaves of which fall before the rain and fold like an umbrella covering the heads of flowers. Also in cloudy, unpleasant weather and before the rain, the yellow dandelion flowers are tightly closed. Even a faded dandelion can predict the coming weather. In dry sunny weather, its white fluffy parachutes easily scatter in all directions even at the slightest touch or from a light breeze. And before bad weather, the fluffy ball folds up like an umbrella, and no winds and rains are afraid of it. Rainy weather is also foreshadowed by strawberry flowers, which always droop before bad weather, protecting themselves from precipitation. In the forest, to determine the nearest weather, an excellent barometer is

stonecrop purple (this plant can be found in clearings and edges). If in the evening the pink flowers of this plant are closed, then the coming day should be dry and sunny. But when the flowers remain open on the eve of the night, the next morning will be rainy. In many moist forests you can find a plant like

calla, which can be recognized by the inflorescence in the form of an ear wrapped in a white leaf. In anticipation of rain, this plant bends this leaf covering the inflorescence to the side, and before good weather, the end of the leaf looks up. Before rainy weather, many plants growing near water bodies also “cry”: chastuha, arrowhead,

plakun-grass,

burr, telorez. Also, our ancestors once determined the weather for the next minutes and hours with the help of a chistyak and

oak anemones, the flowers of which close before bad weather. And it is also worth taking a closer look at the meadow core, the stem with flowers of which always bends down before the rain. This plant seems to feel the arrival of rain in advance and wilts prematurely.

Melilot officinalis a few hours before the rain, on the contrary, lifts its leaves up and folds them. You can also determine the weather forecast for the coming months with the help of trees. So one of the most accurate and "outstanding" long-term weather forecasts "forecasters" is

beautiful birch. According to folk omens, if a birch tree releases a lot of juice before blooming leaves, then the summer will be rainy and rainy. If the leaves on the birch appear earlier than the green foliage on the alder, then the summer will be dry and warm. Otherwise, rain and cold weather are guaranteed. On alder, aspen, bird cherry and various types willows before a bad weather on the leaves formed moisture. Sometimes, even in good weather, this moisture falls from the leaves so abundantly that the ground under the trees becomes wet. Even beautiful spruces have synoptic abilities. Before rain, they lower heavy branches down, and before clear weather, they raise them back up. But the biggest "crybaby" among the trees is

maple. Before the rain on this tree, droplets of moisture appear where the leaf cuttings are attached to the branches. Attentive and observant people's weather forecasters say that maple predicts the next rains three to four days before they arrive! In any case, these signs should not be forgotten even after visiting the most “true” meteorological sites, because meteorologists from all over the world can make mistakes, and barometer plants almost never!

In ancient times, it was extremely important for a person to predict the weather in order to understand whether it was possible to go hunting when planting plants. For centuries, people have closely followed nature. Thus, there was an accumulation of knowledge about which plants predict the weather. And this wisdom was passed from parents to children, and has come down to our days. Even weather forecasters would envy the weather forecasts of our grandfathers and grandmothers.

Plants do not predict the weather as brightly as when they hide an hour before a storm or worry before an earthquake. However, with proper observation, it is still possible to notice the signs of plants.

• In the early morning, a plentiful amount of dew on the grass means that a favorable day awaits. Dry - soon rain. And when the dew formed in the evening, and stays until the morning, the weather will be sunny for a long time.
• Loosestrife loosestrife (plakun-grass) and aloe-like (common) telorez release moisture before the coming rain.
• Kostyanika straightens the leaves and covers the berries with them to protect them from the weather.
  Sweet clover folds leaves before a thunderstorm.
• If the asterisk does not straighten after dawn, clouds and clouds can be expected.
  Burdock in wet weather softens and ceases to be tenacious. But with the advent of heat and dryness, it spreads the hooks and becomes stiff.
• folds the leaves before dry weather and, on the contrary, spreads them out in the rain.
  A blooming dandelion hides a yellow core and closes with a green rosette in front of bad weather. If you blow on a dandelion, you can see that the seeds are fixed and come off with difficulty. Whereas in hot weather they easily scatter.
• Buttercup and bindweed hide flowers when the weather turns bad.
• Celandine, clover and meadowsweet lean closer to the ground, before rainy weather.
  "Weeping" reeds - when it is covered with drops of water, it means that a storm and a heavy downpour are coming. In the old days, hunters, seeing this sign, immediately hurried home or to shelter.
• Sow thistle and sorrel are accurate predictors of the tone of the coming winter. If the former grows predominantly in the fields, then the winter will be harsh and cold, if the latter is mild, with thaws.

You can notice the signs of the weather not only by the listed plants. In your personal garden, you can find little helpers that can replace a weather station. There are other signs that a person discovered by watching animals.

The worms crawl out into the rain. Many May beetles - it will be a hot summer. The nightly chirping of crickets predicts a clear day. Insects fly past open flowers - to clear weather. The dog lies on the snow - a blizzard is coming.

Man observed not only the "living" world, but also various phenomena. The stuffiness portends rain. If the snowdrifts begin to melt from the north side, then the summer will be long and warm, from the south - short and cold. High clouds - good weather. Pale moon and stars - to the rain. A bright halo around the moon - to a strong wind.

Signs and superstitions based on observations of plants are diverse and will help with predicting the weather not only for the next day, but also for the next month, season, or even suspect a dry or cold year.

Flowers have always been valued by mankind not only for their beauty, but also for their clear signals. Some flowers hide their buds, while other plants begin to change position and cling to the ground.

• Roses close their buds tightly before the rain.
• The flowers are most fragrant before the rain.
• Malva hides colorful petals 1-2 days before bad weather.
• Daisies and blue snowdrops (scilla, Scylla) close before the weather and bend to the ground to protect themselves from the wind.
• Calla (Calla) loves water, so before the rain, its leaves straighten out, and in dry weather they remain closed.
• The water lily hides deeper into the water, warning of an impending downpour. In addition, the opening of lilies indicates the end of frost.
• The coltsfoot reports the strengthening of spring. As soon as yellow flowers cover the ground, folk wisdom says: spring has settled, and no longer intends to yield to winter.

Air temperature and humidity can be successfully estimated from plants.

1. Oak creaks before rain and hurricane. Also, if the oak is covered with acorns, a harsh winter should be expected.
2. Rosehip inflorescences do not open if bad weather is expected.
3. Acacia and honeysuckle smell the brighter the closer the rain.
4. The leaves of willow and acorn are covered with drops before bad weather.
5. Spruce branches reach for the sun, fall before the rain and nestle against the trunk before a blizzard.
6. If, in a downpour, a spruce raises its branches, it means that soon the rain will end, and the clouds will disperse.
7. Conifers actively release resin in the face of bad weather.
8. Pine trees before a thunderstorm and a storm emit a rumble that can be heard by putting your ear to a tree.
9. are not limited to predictions of only rains and frosts.
10. Plants also warn about what the coming season will be like.
11. If a autumn leaf fall is moving rapidly, then you need to wait soon for hard frosts and a harsh winter. And if the leaf fall is delayed, then the winter will be good.
12. An abundant amount of frost on the branches of trees predicts a hot summer.
13. When the branches of the trees bend from the weight of the snow, the spring will be rainy. In the old days, on this basis, it was determined that the year would be full with abundant harvests.
14. Late blooming mountain ash reports a clear and sunny autumn and an abundance of mushrooms. If there are a lot of berries, then expect showers and harsh winter but summer will be nice.
15. The more berries and mushrooms in the forest, the colder and snowier the winter will be. Beliefs say that this is how nature takes care of animals that need to survive long frosts.
16. If in the spring the oak blossoms before the ash, the weather will be dry and without rain. Otherwise, it will rain.
17. The rowan gave white flowers, and the maple blossomed leaves - it means the end of the morning frosts.

In the field of forecasts, predictions and weather forecasting, it is worth noting the birch separately. There are many signs associated with this tree.

• If by autumn the birch foliage turns yellow from the bottom to the top of the tree, then we can expect that spring will be delayed.
• If the birch leaves do not fall off and linger until October 15-20, then winter will be late for the deadline to accept the post.
• If birch leaves fall immediately, then in February there will be a thaw.
• The more juice a birch gives in the spring, the rainier the summer will be.
• When birch blossoms ahead of maple or alder, next months will be dry. Otherwise, you can safely wait for many rainy days.

This is all just a small part of the signals flora. There are countless signs both in the culture of our people and in any other. A large part of the signs can be explained, with scientific point vision. Although, of course, there are thousands of superstitions that can only be called nonsense. Nevertheless, thanks to this knowledge, our grandfathers, great-grandfathers and their ancestors survived.

Not only weather forecasters and living creatures (animals, birds, amphibians, crustaceans, fish, insects), but even plants can predict the weather for the next few hours, days and even weeks.

Scientists say that in the post-Soviet space, you can count more than four hundred species of various plants that can predict the weather. They can be found in a flower bed, in a field, in a garden, in a kitchen garden, near a river or pond, in a park or in a forest. True, in order to determine the weather by their behavior, you should look closely.

Plants make most of their movements in accordance with their natural biological clock, but at times they react in the same way to changes in the weather. Some flowers close or change their appearance.

A good predictor of the next bad weather is the common mallow, the flowers of which seem to fade before the rain. Ipomoea also signals the imminent rain, folding its purple flowers into a bundle. But the yellow acacia, Tatar and common honeysuckle before the rain release a huge amount of nectar, attracting various insects. Violet is also a reliable barometer - if its flowers cheerfully look at the world around them with a violet eye, then this is for stable sunny weather. And when the violet flower is closed, then bad weather should be expected.

On the lawns and flowerbeds of urban megacities, broad-leaved cannes are often found, which, despite their East Indian origin, bloom in our conditions until the first frost. But few people know that these flowers are also called the “rain tree”, because when transparent droplets of moisture are visible on the wide leaves of cannes in the morning, it will definitely rain in the afternoon.

Mimosa trees can also predict the next bad weather, which fold their leaves before the rain, as if they are afraid to soak them.

Of the indoor plants, a monstera is a good predictor of the weather, which, on the eve of rain, begins to “cry”, releasing droplets of moisture at the ends of its leaves.

On garden plots or in vegetable gardens, you can often find nondescript grass, the leaves of which always seem to be wet to the touch. This plant is called wood lice, and many summer residents are trying in every possible way to get rid of this weed. But a few bushes of wood lice on the site should still be left, because by its small white flowers you can determine whether in the near future or not. If the corollas of woodlice flowers are not opened in the morning, and the flowers themselves drooped, then after some time the first drops should be expected. Since the wood lice blooms from April until the first cold weather, you can use such a weather forecaster all summer.

Even an ordinary potato bends its pedicels down before the rain, so when you arrive at the site, the first thing you need to do is take a closer look at it.

The onset of bad weather also portends the common clover, the leaves of which fall and fold like an umbrella covering the heads of flowers.

Also in cloudy, unpleasant weather and before the rain, the yellow dandelion flowers are tightly closed. Even a faded dandelion can predict the coming weather. In dry sunny weather, its white fluffy parachutes easily scatter in all directions even at the slightest touch or from a light breeze. And before bad weather, the fluffy ball folds up like an umbrella, and no winds and rains are afraid of it.

Rainy weather is also foreshadowed by strawberry flowers, which always droop before bad weather, protecting themselves from precipitation.

In the forest, to determine the nearest weather, an excellent barometer is purple stonecrop (this plant can be found in glades and edges). If in the evening the pink flowers of this plant are closed, then the coming day should be dry and sunny. But when the flowers remain open on the eve of the night, the next morning will be rainy.

In many humid forests, one can find a plant such as calla, which can be recognized by its inflorescence in the form of an ear wrapped in a white leaf. In anticipation of rain, this plant bends this leaf covering the inflorescence to the side, and before good weather, the end of the leaf looks up.

Before rainy weather, many plants growing near water bodies also “cry”: chastukha, arrowhead, plakun-grass, burr, telorez.

Also, our ancestors once determined the weather for the next minutes and hours with the help of chistyak and oak anemone, the flowers of which close before bad weather. And it is also worth taking a closer look at the meadow core, the stem with flowers of which always bends down before the rain. This plant seems to feel the arrival of rain in advance and wilts prematurely. Melilot officinalis a few hours before the rain, on the contrary, lifts its leaves up and folds them.

You can also determine the weather forecast for the coming months with the help of trees. So one of the most accurate and "outstanding" long-term forecasts of weather "forecasters" is a beautiful birch. According to popular beliefs, if a birch tree releases a lot of juice before blooming leaves, then the summer will be rainy and rainy. If the leaves on the birch appear earlier than the green foliage on the alder, then the summer will be dry and warm. Otherwise, the cold is provided.

On alder, aspen, bird cherry and various types of willows, moisture forms on the leaves before bad weather. Sometimes, even in good weather, this moisture falls from the leaves so abundantly that the ground under the trees becomes wet.

Even beautiful spruces have synoptic abilities. Before rain, they lower heavy branches down, and before clear weather, they raise them back up.

But the biggest "crybaby" among the trees is maple. on this tree, droplets of moisture appear where the leaf cuttings are attached to the branches. Attentive and observant people's weather forecasters say that maple predicts the next rains three to four days before they arrive!

In any case, these signs should not be forgotten even after visiting the most “true” meteorological sites, because meteorologists from all over the world can make mistakes, and barometer plants almost never!

In nature, things rarely happen unexpectedly. Almost never. Rain lets you know about its approach long before the first drops hit. Winter announces plans to cover everything around with creaky snow at the very beginning of autumn. Spring drops paint a clear forecast for the future harvest. The main thing is to be able to see these signs and read them correctly. And if nature has deprived meteorological sensitivity - in this sense, humanity is a little unlucky - turn to more attentive assistants. For example, to plants.

How different plants can predict weather changes

For any blade of grass, the issue of weather is of paramount importance. From whether it rains and how long the heat lasts, its existence directly depends. Therefore, plants are a very accurate barometer. True, they do not let you know about their observations as clearly as, say, animals. But they can make their forecasts for many months ahead. And learning to read their "green" language costs nothing. Just being observant is enough.

Herbs-predictors and folk beliefs

Sweet clover loves sunny weather

• If in the morning the grass is thickly covered with dew, the day will be fine. The stalks remain dry - it will rain. And if the dews lay down in the evening and stay until dawn, the sunny weather is firmly established.
• Some grasses have been known to release moisture before it starts to rain; for example, plakun-grass, arrowhead and telorez.
• Kostyanik straightens and stretches up the leaves, as if trying to protect its bright berries from the weather.
• The sweet clover does the same - its leaves rise before a thunderstorm, folding around the stems, and in sunny weather they straighten and “droop”.
• Woodlice or starfish do the opposite. If the sun has long risen to the sky, and its stems are in no hurry to straighten up, soon the horizon will be covered with clouds.
• When the burdock anticipates dampness, its thorns become less evil, as if softened, and almost do not cling to passers-by. But as soon as the plant feels many days of warmth ahead, the hooks spread out in different directions, gaining rigidity.
• Fern leaves curl downwards in warm and dry weather and straighten out before rain.
• Sensing bad weather, a blooming dandelion quickly folds its yellow ball and wraps it in a green rosette. And if you try to blow off white parachutes from a faded plant, you can feel how firmly they hold on to their legs. But in hot weather, the seeds scatter from any breath of the breeze.
• Tender field bindweed and ranunculus hide their flowers from bad weather.
• Meadow core, celandine and clover droop to the ground, predicting rain.
• If the reed “wept” - droplets of water appeared on the leaves - seasoned hunters throw the gun over their shoulder and turn home: a real downpour is about to begin.
• Before rain, thistle prefers not to open its inflorescences at all. Often they close tightly a day before the expected precipitation.
• Sow thistle and sorrel give quite accurate forecast on the winter months . If the first one is born, you will have to freeze properly. If the meadows are dominated by the second, the winter will be warm and generous in the thaw.

Even in your garden you can find a personal little weather station. For example, white caps over carrots and potato flowers tend to the ground in the rain, and by the amount of peel on the bulb, you can determine how severe the winter will be. The more layers, the more frost will crackle.

How to determine the weather by the appearance of flowers

Lily flowers will not appear above the water until the heat is established

• The beautiful rose carefully protects the petals from bad weather. Before the rain, its buds remain tightly closed.
• Malva is even more capricious. Her bright flowers hide under the protection of green buds for a day or two before bad weather.
• Marigolds, sour and violet hide from the rain.
• Daisy flowers and blue snowdrop copses close before the weather, and the plants themselves fall to the ground, bending the stem.
• But calendula, sourness and stonecrop do not even think of hiding from the weather. On the contrary, on rainy nights, the calyces of stonecrop do not close until dawn.
• Loves water and calla marsh. If the sun stays in the sky for a long time, its leaves fit snugly to the flower, and before bad weather they fall and straighten.
• The water lily closes the buds and goes into the depths a few hours before a heavy downpour.
• In addition to rain, this river beauty skillfully predicts heat or cold. If her flowers together rose from the depths and covered the surface of the reservoir, frosts can no longer be feared.
• On land, coltsfoot will tell about the coming heat. As soon as yellow shaggy specks of flowers crawl out from under the ground here and there, popular beliefs say: spring has settled firmly in your area and is no longer going to give way to winter.

Even the homemade monstera, which is from weather conditions depends little, tends to "cry" in the summer before the rains, and in the winter - before the thaw.

Which trees and shrubs are natural barometers

The oak groans before the rain, and before the harsh winter is covered with acorns

• By appearance rose hips, you can predict the approach of bad weather. If a thunderstorm approaches, the buds do not open.
• Honeysuckle and acacia begin to smell fragrant before the rain, hastily attracting insects to them. Small droplets of nectar appear in the cups of acacia flowers.
• On willow leaves and horse chestnut when bad weather approaches, droplets of water come out.
• The branches of fir trees stretch towards the sun, droop towards the rain, and bend towards the blizzard. If the downpour is pouring, and the prickly paws are sticking up, the weather will soon clear up.
• Spruce cones close if the air becomes damp.
• When bad weather comes, on the bark coniferous trees droplets of resin are released in abundance.
• If you press your ear against a pine trunk before a big thunderstorm, you can hear a rumble - the pine "rings".
• The oak creaks and groans before the hurricane.
• Larch needles seem to shrink in the rain, and become wider in sunny weather.

Would you like to receive a forecast for the whole season? And this is not a problem, the Russian people have long figured out how to connect the behavior of a particular plant with weather changes.

• If a leaf from the trees flew together, frosts will soon crackle. And the leaf fall will drag on, winter will pass from thaw to thaw.
• If there is a lot of frost on the trees, summer months will be hot.
• It is good when the snow bends the branches with its weight; a fruitful year ahead. That's right: a lot of snow in winter, a lot of water in the spring, plenty of bread in the fall.
• Rowan blossomed late - autumn will be clear and sunny, and mushroom pickers will rejoice at rich prey. The tree gave big harvest berries? It will rain without interruption, and the winter will be fierce. But in the summer flax will bear.
• There are many acorns on the oak - many cold days.
• It is known all over the world that a fruitful year for berries and mushrooms often portends a cold and snowy winter . It is believed that this is how nature tries to take care of the birds and animals, which need to prepare a lot of food for future use.

A lot of signs about the weather are associated with birch

• If birch leaves turn yellow first at the bottom, and then at the top, spring will be delayed on the way. The leaf will remain on the branch until mid-October, and winter will be late. And if they fly all at once and amicably, expect a protracted thaw in February.
• When the birch gives a lot of juice in the spring, the summer will be rainy.
• But if the white-trunk beauty blooms before alder and maple, warm and dry months await ahead. But when one of the named couple gets ahead of the birch, rain and cold cannot be avoided.
• The same competition is going on between oak and ash. The oak was the first to wake up in the spring - the summer months are dry; ash - rainy.
• Maple leaves blossomed, and mountain ash covered with clouds of small white flowers? morning frost no longer be.
• If the aspen is all covered with shaggy catkins, prepare the bins for a generous harvest of oats.

By the flowering of trees and shrubs in the spring in the old days, the time of sowing a particular garden crop was determined:

• The bird cherry has blossomed, take some time to go out into the garden - the bird cherry cold will come. However, in middle lane In Russia, this time is considered successful for planting potatoes.
• Rowan blossomed - cook cucumbers with tomatoes.
• Aspen hurries gardeners to sow carrots.
• Earrings appeared on oak - it's time for peas.
• Blooming juniper marks the time of barley sowing.
• When the ground is densely covered with grass, buckwheat is sown.

Signs associated with plants in other countries of the world

• In Japan, character coming winter determined by the growth of wheat: the higher it is, the less snow will fall.
• In Germany and France, they are waiting for the harvest of mushrooms. A lot of mushrooms - snowdrifts will lie high.
• In Germany, there is also such a sign with gloomy humor: if the cherries turn red, the asparagus is dead. That is, the season of this crop is over and it no longer has a place in the garden.
• The British calculate the approach of a storm by the leaves on the trees. If they turn over under the pressure of the wind, there will be a storm. If they only hesitate, the bad weather will quickly subside.
• Waiting for spring, the Belgians and Germans argue poetically: “Christmas in the snow - Easter in clover; Christmas in green - to be Easter white.

If you are an enthusiastic florist, then you yourself have probably noticed more than once the behavior of which plants promises a change in the weather. If not, anyway, take note of the predictions of the green "weather stations". Would it come in handy?