My garden is having a real second flush this year. All of the perennials and the roses which were looking pretty ropey (well, dead in some cases) have cheered up with the cooler, wetter water and are looking spectacular. Flowering alongside them is a rhododendron. I noticed the other day it was really budding up. Today it has burst into flower. Four or five different buds have opened and there are at least that many still to open. This is completely out of sync. It is particularly confusing as a few fronds from the neighbour’s wisteria are growing through it and that is also in bloom. I could easily take some photos and pretend it was April/May time.
The camellias alongside the rhododendron seem to be looking as I’d expect for this time of year. I don’t want them to get out of sync as, if they don’t flower when they’re supposed to, I’ll have nothing in flower in that section of then garden then.