"BD"
wrote:
With the warm temps in the Northeast, (going to be 90 today in Pittsburgh)
my rhododendren are again in bloom. Will this kill the spring blooms?
Should I nip the blooms? Any ideas?
The only buds your rhododendrons will form for next year, formed this
summer. Any that bloom now will not bloom next summer. Cutting them
off will just prevent you from enjoying them now. It will not improve
things for next summer. It is best to do nothing. Strange weather
patterns will trick some rhododendrons into blooming early. It is just
a risk we take. These blooms are seldom satisfactory.
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