This unseasonaly warm weather is createing some very strange bed mates. Walking around the garden today I noticed a second flowering of the rhodododendron next to the holly tree. Certainly not colour coordinated as they are not meant to bloom /berry together. (purple and red - no) I also noticed that my purple sprouting brocolli is starting to bloom - does this mean I will not have any at the end of winter when I really look forward to it?
In fact the garden is still looking very colourful, potentilla, roses and pot plants are all flowering vigorously. I know I need to start sorting the pot plants for overwintering but while everything still looks so good I am loathe to touch it.
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Lucky you, having some "unseasonably warm" weather, elderflower 
. Nothing unseasonable about my garden. It just seems very autumn-like, as usual at this time of year. However, Our rhododendrons often have a second flowering, as do our azaleas and several other plants. My red campions are still flowering and that's normal too.
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