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  • I've got a new bud on my oriental poppy and new flowers on a white Caltha. Never seen either do that before.
     Rest of the garden looks suitably autumnal though. I cut back the Darmera yesterday as the gales had speeded up the tatty look. The dahlias, with a few honourable exceptions have been rubbish this year. Too cold to plant, too dry to plant, too wet and then too windy. Will salvage what I can!
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    My crab apple is in spring bloom, alongside a few shrivelled fruits from the first flowering still hanging on. I have a fair number of plants behaving unseasonably due to heat stress. The foliage fried and died on many shrubs and perennials after two short but severe heatwaves, then they leafed up and started flowering again. 
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    A Bergenia started flowering here today.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    I have strawberry plants flowering now.
    Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
    And then my heart with pleasure fills,
    And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth :)

  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited October 2023
    I have some ammi just starting to flower, but long succession flowering might be more normal for ammi. I have not grown it before. 

    My Rosa Crimson Glory is in full flush - covered in blooms - enjoying all the rain and warmth. Possibly the best it has been all year. Unusual for Oct, but my roses will bloom anytime given enough sun and lots of rain. None of the roses (about 40 of them) look like they are headed towards dormancy, not winding down any time soon. Lots of buds and new leaf everywhere. If London Oct switches suddenly from heat to frost (as it can) the plants will get hit.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    The Lantana which almost a month ago was bearing autumn seed pods - it is now in full bloom!!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • Eustace said:
    I have strawberry plants flowering now.
    I have been picking a handful of strawberries every few days for weeks now. The plants are supposed to be the early season variety.!
    AB Still learning

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