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QUINCY, ILL. -- Just about everybody's enjoying the nice warm temperatures we've had this week.

Everyone except for the trees.

You may have noticed some of the trees already starting to bud and it's only late February.

So what does that mean for the trees?

Take a close look at some of your trees, and the buds are already swelling because of the warm weather.

"If we go back to average temperatures, things will kind of calm back down and the trees will progress as normal," says Keith Klusmeyer with Bergman Nurseries.

Keith Klusmeyer with Bergman Nurseries says he's not concerned at this point.

"What's really going to hurt us is if we stay in this pattern with the warm weather for an extended period and the buds start to break open. That's when we'll run into a problem," says Klusmeyer.

Klusmeyer says the Tri-States went through that four or five years ago, and the trees didn't fair so well. What does concern Klusmeyer a little bit right now is the smaller, ornamental trees like lillacs, magnolias, and crab trees.

"The smaller trees, you can maybe cover them like your Japanese Maples and ornamental trees. But your larger shade trees, unfortunately we're in the hands of Mother Nature," says Klusmeyer.

If the temperatures stay above average, and we do have an early spring, everything should be fine. If we get a really cold snap of weather, it'll be another story.

Keith Klusmeyer says if we do get a cold snap, be sure and cover your plants like day lillies and hostas if they've already started to bloom.