Pollen

One thing about a mild winter is that the pollen season starts earlier. Hazel can start to bloom and spread their pollen already in late january if the conditions are mild and sunny. Where I live hazel has started to bloom in February, right now we have plus 10 or more degrees.

Personally I'm not sensitive to pollen, I think. Sometimes my eyes get runny and I can occasionally sneeze without any apparent reason so, of course that could mean that I have some mild form of allergy. I don't see it as a problem though. Some of my friends has huge problems for a very long time in spring and summer and they suffer a lot. I hope this year is going to be less allergic problems but it doesn't look likely when seeing the state of this hazel bush.