Late flowers, Global Warming

I should have said ‘ produced leaves’. It normally flowers in August.

I still can’t bear to pull up the nasturtiums which are running riot up my fences. I really need to put my bulbs in though. It’s a hard decision.

And not just late flowering. On a walk last week I saw my first violets and primroses.

I noticed some mounds of Aubretia in full flower on my morning walk through the village.

Well it’s freezing here in Melbourne. And very wet. We must have missed out. We haven’t had a really hot Summer in decades ,I think the global warming has missed us or it has moved to other parts of the world. Not complaining because in the 1970s when it was hot it was all a bit much.

Oh yeah, climate change is real. And I've experienced something similar, about two years ago. My sword lilies were so late to flower for like a month, and it had me so worried. I checked out with every expert here only to be told to be more patient. Which I did but begrudgingly, coz I had had them (still have them) for more than seven years and they never failed to flower. Thankfully by early November they finally bloomed.

I still don't know why this happened then (never bloomed late again ever since) but I learned that it's caused by temp changes and day lengths. I had initially thought that it was something to do nutrient imbalance, which is what Google suggested. But I hadn't done anything the whole year. I always care for my sword lilies the same way every year, so this was troubling to me at the time, sometimes every summer I kinda feel anxious if they'll flower as expected.

Anyways, climate change is real and is affecting us.