I am also open to the notion that this is the result of radiation ... it's been ten years since FUshima blew up ... and they predicted that it would take 10 years before we started becoming aware of the damage

I lost all of my shade trees last spring (in budding stage) ... the evergreens (cedar) and Aspen survived and some of the shrubs (Lilacs) and the grasses grew twice as fast ... which seemed to happen around Chernobyl ... and it seems to be having an effect on the predators - which I thought we got rid of (Cayotes and foxs) but now we are seeing lions, bears, badger, racoons in abundance and very agressive