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The mighty horticulturalist union is licking its chops over its good fortune:

Cherry trees in Brooklyn’s Botanic Gardens have hit full bloom months early. Crocuses that shouldn’t be seen until April are flowering, and turtles forgot to hibernate.

With temperatures getting close to 60 degrees yesterday, New York has so far skipped winter — and left nature in a tailspin.

“It is magic out there,” said the garden’s horticulturist Mark Tebbitt.

“In my nine years here, I have never seen this type of growth in winter.”

Snow is another thing New Yorkers haven’t seen this winter, threatening a 115-year-old record for the season’s latest snowfall (Jan. 6, 1892).