Panicle Hydrangea Bloom In Mid-November 2024
This is the third in a series of [garden diary] posts showing off some mid-November 2024 blooms. One of them (the Disneyland Rose) is expected . It has bloomed this late each of the past few years. The Dahlias are a nice surprise. Since I haven't grown them (in the ground) before, this set of late-blooms on the dahlias is a learning lesson for me . But....this third one....this is the strange one. See below for one of our Vanilla Strawberry Panicle Hydrangea that sits in front of our front porch that is FULL of brown, past-their-prime blooms. And...one, random, out-of-season, small pink bloom. The shrub is a mix of contrasts: seemingly over with blooming and showing those dead flower heads while dropping leaves. Along with this one, shooting-tall limb that has a green top and this pink flower. What does this mean for these shrubs? Healthy? Just out of sync? A weird seasonal anomaly? Who...