My Agapanthus fireworks has been flowering since the summer. I took this pic earlier today and I reckon the frosts will arrive before the last buds open.
Wow it seems we are all enjoying lovely late (or early,), colour. That agapanthus is beautiful, and I can’t believe the delphinium, I lost all of mine to the drought this summer, they flowered too early and completely frazzled in the heat when we could not water in July and august.
Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
@Jacquimcmahon sorry to hear about your delphinium. Here there was no water ban so I watered them and survived, flowering now. Here's what I picked yesterday.
Sowed some stocks in June and they are flowering now... Sowed some wallflowers in Aug and just saw some flower buds forming on them.... Sowed some hollyhocks in Apr and they are just finishing flowering...
Wow @msqingxiao. I sowed some wallflowers in late August and they're only around an inch high. No viable seed until late summer, but I'll sow more in spring anyway I also still have dianthus in flower which I'd forgotten about, and a Helenium is hanging on, but there's a bright pink Armeria [thrift] which has about 6 flowers on it. It's been flowering since late April
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
A lot of our plants flowered early and then went over correspondingly early. Most of our current flowers are seasonal Chrysanthemums, cyclamen etc. We do have some ivy leaved begonia still in flower and one patio rose that looked 1/2dead in August is now flowering profusely. Of more concern are buds swelling on things that should be dormant till spring, hopefully the weather will cool down properly, and have a proper dormant season.
I forgot that the native primulas are in flower too. I'm so used to them being there because they flower on and off here all year round, that I didn't think of them. Always a cheery sight
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Allotmentboy I have exactly your concern. My hydrangeas buds are opening I even have one which has started to produce a flower head. If we get a really cold winter I’m not sure anything will survive to open in the spring.
Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
Would you fleece those hydrangeas, or any other plant, if you were worried about those buds @Jacquimcmahon and @Allotment Boy? We don't usually have that problem here, because no growth gets underway properly until the frosts are pretty much done, but last spring was mild and I had that problem with the two new hydrangeas I have. The oak leaf ones were fine. I may consider getting rid of those new ones if this is going to be a regular occurrence
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Sowed some wallflowers in Aug and just saw some flower buds forming on them....
Sowed some hollyhocks in Apr and they are just finishing flowering...
I also still have dianthus in flower which I'd forgotten about, and a Helenium is hanging on, but there's a bright pink Armeria [thrift] which has about 6 flowers on it. It's been flowering since late April
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Always a cheery sight
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We don't usually have that problem here, because no growth gets underway properly until the frosts are pretty much done, but last spring was mild and I had that problem with the two new hydrangeas I have. The oak leaf ones were fine. I may consider getting rid of those new ones if this is going to be a regular occurrence
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...