Weird stuff happening in my garden?

Question

Things that should have bloomed earlier in the year are now coming out and things that should be out in the winter also are now in bud. Plants that should be dying are flourishing. Whats going on?

I'm not complaining though, it's just a bit spooky

Answer 1

Don't know where you are Shan, but here in Edinburgh it's just the same. Same all over Scotland I think. All to do with the long dry spell, then the recent rains. Complete mix up this year and making it difficult to plan for next year. Still, enjoy the late blooms, puzzling but nice to have eh?

Answer 2

Hey, gal, me too.
We were sooo hot here this summer that the plants were starving for water. Then, they turned on the sprinklers at night (live in a complex) and of course, this made them damp and get too much. Now that the real rain came last week, the plants are blooming again . It is so wonderful to see. I have an azalea plant that is the kind that blooms in spring, summer, and fall. It didn't do much until the weather got a little cooler. I live in Zone 7, which is mid south to almost north.
My moonflower vine has almost covered my front porch and is putting out gorgeous blooms late in the afternoon.

I think the severe heat we suffered this year has contributed to this, followed by the lower temperature after the rain.

I am so glad your plants are doing well.
Yes, I am a believer of the global warming. A little frightening.

Answer 3

My tomatoes are FINALLY ripening in more than dribs and drabs...which means I am PRAYING for enough warm weather left to get the majority of them ripened on the vines.

My pole beans are going great guns! They are now producing about three times as much as they did all summer. Which is WONDERFUL! We have actually had TWO feeds off of them this past week for my seven person household.

And I told you about my Amaryllis previously. These are DESERT plants, and supposed to bloom in high summer while the temperatures range around 100F. This plant has only bloomed for the first time this year in just this past week and a half. And the poor thing is having a really hard time dealing with the overnight lows of 6C we've been having the last couple of days. That last bloom grew a little more today. It is a good 4 inches long, and will probably open completely in the return to warmer temperatures that are predicted for us for the following week...back up into the mid 20's Celsius.

Answer 4

Every 10 - 11 years we experience strange weather changes it is to do with sunspots (storms on the suns surface) and nowt to do with this government farce they call global warming.
These are some of the years that I remember strange weather:
1947 - Snow for 3 months
1957 - Big Freeze
1967 - ?
1976- Heatwave for 6 Months
1987 - Hurricane and all those trees fell down
1997 - ?
2007 - Torrential Rain places flooded that have never been before.
The places marked ? is because I cannot recall what occurred.

But because of all the rain we had earlier in the summer plants are going haywire in their growing cycle.

Answer 5

I don't know where you are but I'm in the Mt's of the Mid-Atlantic region of the US. This year all the fruit bearing plants and trees, both wild and domestic have produced in an abundance that is, as you say, spooky? What I have a notion this is signaling is a heavier than normal winter. Now whether that means temperatures or snow fall, I don't know.

Answer 6

We have the same thing going on in Texas. It is happening here as we were so very wet most all the first part of the year. As a result, many things drown! Others, went into a premature dormancy, while yet others, simply grew slowly!

I would have had many tomatoes before now but, as a result of this weather, I am just now getting them. Same with the cucumbers as well! The only plants that did as usual...peppers! lol

So, I have no idea where you live but, here, it has been about too much rain and soil so wet it felt like a sponge under my feet!

Answer 7

Same here. We've had so much heat and so little rain, nature is confused. We have tomatoes and one poor little watermelon plant just starting to grow. The crepe murtles that usually bloom in spring are in full bloom. Many flowers are still blooming too. Then there are dead tree leaves blown all over-it all looks so odd. I'm waiting for summer and winter to slam into each other and squash me in the middle!

Answer 8

This is normal nothing to be worried about just keep on paying your taxes for global warming and everything will be all right.Taxes are going to pay for the world to be slowed down just enough so that we can have a 26 hour day then we will have more time to spend in the garden noticing things.

Answer 9

This is not the first time I've heard people say things like this. Our climate is changing. We may not feel it, or believe it but our sensitive plants can. I think the poor things are very confused and we are all going to have to just adapt. Personally I believe June is going to be our monsoon season now and August/September is our summer.

Answer 10

You will see more and more
evidence that the planet is
warming up. It can be stopped, but everyone seems to be in denial.
The polar ice cap has melted
so much now that russia/Iceland (and another
country) have sent ships there
to declare possession of
the land (or water as the case
may be). The polar bears
now have to swim instead of
walking on ice.