Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
The usual autumn 'things flowering at the wrong time of year' thread
I thought I'd start the usual autumn 'things flowering at the wrong time
of year' thread. (Actually, I know someone has already started that with the twice-flowering Magnolia). Anyway: About a week ago, my water lilies finally started flowering - on the same day as the first of the Cyclamen hederifolium. The day before yesterday, I picked my first Viburnum bodnantense. 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. Finally - one of our Clematis alpinas is in full bloom again, but I think that's usual, isn't it? -- Kay |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
The usual autumn 'things flowering at the wrong time of year' thread
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:23:34 +0100, K wrote:
I thought I'd start the usual autumn 'things flowering at the wrong time of year' thread. I have two double-flowered hellebores in full flower on my allotment. Pam in Bristol |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Has anyone come up with any likely explanations ? I know it may sound a little strange ( I've been called worse ), but I find this very interesting. Does anybody do anything to deliberately cause this to happen, and if so, what ? |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
The usual autumn 'things flowering at the wrong time of year' thread
Tim Perry writes
K;813425 Wrote: I thought I'd start the usual autumn 'things flowering at the wrong time of year' thread. (Actually, I know someone has already started that with the twice-flowering Magnolia). Anyway: About a week ago, my water lilies finally started flowering - on the same day as the first of the Cyclamen hederifolium. The day before yesterday, I picked my first Viburnum bodnantense. 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. Finally - one of our Clematis alpinas is in full bloom again, but I think that's usual, isn't it? Hello Kay, Do you know what causes this out of season blooming ? Has anyone come up with any likely explanations ? I know it may sound a little strange ( I've been called worse ), but I find this very interesting. Does anybody do anything to deliberately cause this to happen, and if so, what ? I don't do anything (though professionals tinker with things to alter blooming times for flower shows). Presumably it's all to do with the natural triggers. For instance, something flowering in the spring may be triggered by a period of short days (and will be relatively unaffected by weather). But another spring flowerer my be triggered by a long wet spell, in which case after this summer it's thinking spring is half way through! Or it may be temperature that triggers flowering (I think I read that cymbidiums are triggered by a 20 deg between night and day temperatures), or a long dry period (which is why some bulbs like to be baked in the summer). Water lilies like warmth and sun - and I've had a bit of an over-growth of water forget-me-not which has kept the water below cool, and that, added to having no sun, means the water lilies are late. The viburnum starts in autumn, as does the cyclamen, so presumably both assume the amount of rain we have had recently means it already *is* autumn. I haven't a clue what the jasmine thinks it's doing! I've bought quite a few things from Scotts Nursery in Somerset, and I've found that over the first 2 or 3 years with me they've changed their flowering period to cope with our late spring. For example, tayberries which fruited in June in their first year have long since settled into July-August fruiting. And that synchronisation is I think why my wisterias were as good as ever this year, whereas the Devon-Cornwall contingent were saying their's had been affected by late frosts. -- Kay |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
The usual autumn 'things flowering at the wrong time of year'thread
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. 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. It's all part of life's rich pattern as they say. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Thanks Kay, that is very interesting and I shall have to find out more,
it sounds like quite a 'dark art' among the professional exhibitors. I have saved your reply to my files, I'm not so old that I think I know it all, and am always very glad of more information. Didn't mean to 'hijack' your thread, just could not resist asking. Thanks, Tim. |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
The usual autumn 'things flowering at the wrong time of year' thread
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. -- Kay |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
autumn-flowering plants getting it wrong... | United Kingdom | |||
Some good things about autumn | United Kingdom | |||
Nov 11 - Autumn Leaves Autumn Sky_8129.jpg | Garden Photos | |||
Things are happening-things are quiet | United Kingdom | |||
Cats (No, not the usual thread) | United Kingdom |