Huh?

by Kathy Purdy on September 15, 2004 · 2 comments

in Forsythia

Forsythia in bloom September 2004This is a photo of my Forsythia ‘Meadowlark’ blooming–sparsely, I grant you, but nevertheless blooming–in September. If I hadn’t been checking for signs of the colchicums recently planted in this area, I’m sure I never would have noticed the yellow blossoms, so it is entirely possible this shrub has done this other years without my being aware of it. On the other hand, dinner table consensus was that it had bloomed pretty poorly this spring, so maybe these were flower buds that didn’t “get it” this past spring. Worse, these could be next year’s flowers jumping the gun, in which case there may well be another sparse flush next spring. I’ll keep you posted. And if anyone else knows of a fall-blooming forsythia, I’d love to hear about it. [Photo taken 9/14/04]

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1 Fran October 11, 2004 at 9:22 am

Here in Southern Vermont, I noticed that ours are flowering also. It did bloom poorly this spring, and maybe wanted a second chance.

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2 Barby September 26, 2004 at 11:47 pm

Yep. mine is blooming also….same conditions.
Sparse, but blooms and did poorly in the spring.
I haven’t ever noticed this before in over 30 years.

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