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Rhododendron 'Hoppy' Flowering in September

Pete_LPete_L Posts: 13
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Hi all, 

Just wondering if there are any experts in here that could tell me why my Hoppy is happy??? It's September!

She did have a poor April and May and only half flowered.

Pete


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  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    For the same reason as why my Rh. Cunningham's White plants are flowering. The odd weather. Climate change.
  • edhelkaedhelka Posts: 2,351
    Some ponticums in our area are flowering too, they are confused with the weather.
  • Pete_LPete_L Posts: 13
     I was always under the impression plants worked on length of day to determine when to bed in for the long nap
  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,039
    Yes but when they don’t flower at the springtime we get a period from mid September when the light levels are the same as they should have been in spring. A lot of plants react to this “confusion” by having a second flowering. I recently read in a magazine here in France that they are monitoring this as part of climate change. It seems to be happening more frequently.
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Both mine are flowering at the moment. My apple tree has also had some blossom this month. I can only put it down to the weather. I hope they will still flower next spring. 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Sadly - ponticums never know when to stop flowering. Horrrible things  :/

    Not that unusual for rhodos to have some later flowers though. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Pete_LPete_L Posts: 13
    Very good point @Jacquimcmahon That makes sense now I think about it.

    Thanks all! 
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