Current plants in bloom at Missouri Botanical Garden.

The forecast here?

A Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from Thursday afternoon
through Saturday morning.

There remains uncertainty on the exact precipitation type
Thursday afternoon and night in portions of eastern and southern
Minnesota… including the Twin Cities metropolitan area… as well
as the Highway 8 corridor in west central Wisconsin. The
precipitation in these areas may oscillate between rain and snow
Thursday evening before changing to all snow during the early
morning hours on Friday. Accumulating snow is then expected on
Friday.

By Friday night… snowfall accumulations within the watch
area could reach 6 inches or more.