Dave Poole writes
K wrote:

And the indoor jasmine which scented our porch in April, and which I put
outside for the summer, is about to open its flowers again.

I'd be very disappointed if my 'indoor' jasmine (J. polyanthum) wasn't
in flower at this time of year. I grow it outside here and it has a
major flowering in March, sporadic flowering until late August and
then a serious build up to a good autumn and early winter show. Mine
is a mass of buds again, but it does this every year. It's the nature
of the beast.

I think it goes to show the difference between your climate and ours. I
notice repeatedly that the SW posters talk about plants being ';just
going over' when mine are still in bud.

Viburnum x bodnantense often flowers precociously in autumn down here,
well before the leaves colour and fall. So much so that I tend to
look upon it as having a very long season of flower terminating in
early spring.

Our season has been getting longer as the winters have become milder.
But August is the earliest yet. I expect it now to continue till early
May.

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Kay