We have a rose trying to bloom

[catmandu57]

In November, late November in all the time we've lived here I've never seen a rose after June. We have plants still green and growing, there is a thunder storm happening right now, I can't recall that happening in late November either, before now that is.

I don't know what this says, usually by this time everything is dormant, the Hybiscus bush has yellow blooms on it as well. Damn strange for this time of year.

[aquart]

1. Where are you?

[eleny]

2. Isn't Missouri usually bitter cold in winter, too?

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Not really really cold

It's not as cold as Iowa or Nebraska. But we usually don't have roses blooming in November either.

[eleny]

8. thanks!

[catmandu57]

7. Not until later

December and january can be bitterly cold. This time of year is when all the plants are dormant and prepared for the blast to come. I'm afraid that this will kill our roses. it's suposed to get very cold later this week.

[eleny]

10. If they aren't vines, you could cut them down now instead of in Spring

We switched to cutting them down when they start budding out in Spring (here in Colorado). But the old, traditional way shouldn't hurt the bush. Just cut them down low to where they will bud out and perhaps mound them up a little.

We've had winters that are too warm, too. So I've been considering cutting my rose bushes down this month instead of in March/April.

Good luck with your rose babies!

[medeak]

4. Lilac bush bloomed Nov 10th for first time n/t

[marmar]

5. The high was 61 in Detroit yesterday...

If I hadn't consumed a prodigious amount of Turkey I would have sworn it was Easter!

[madokie]

6. One of our roses was in bloom last week,

the best smelling yellow rose you will ever see

[xultar]

9. Roses blooming all over the place in my yard in North ATL. I don't think

we've had that. Furthermomre we had a wild fire hazard warning Friday. :crazy:

[catmandu57]

11. I could understand

Roses in Atlanta you're quite a ways south of here, strange times we live in no?

[Epiphany4z]

12. I am sitting here in Ohio

with my windows open and fans on.

[Pugee]

13. It is wonderful here in Missouri, but we go from highs in the 50s Wed to a high of 25 Thursday :+(

I noticed this weekend that lots of spiders and other bugs have hatched out, too. there were lots of baby spiders on my mom's porch.
Some plants are budding again, too

[tenshi816]

14. I took this photograph of some roses in my back garden

two weeks ago, on 14th November:



Roses blooming, mid-November, in Yorkshire in the north of England. Usually we've had a bit of snow by now, but I've barely worn a coat this autumn. It's just not right.

[dazzlerazzle]

15. also have blooming flowers

My white phlox suddenly is blooming (around a dozen blossoms). I'm in Northeastern Ohio. Also have seen a few dandelions in bloom.

[Nite Owl]

16. I'm upstate NY and noticed the roses

by my garage with a bloom! The pots of flowers on the front porch and the deck still have flowers and the grass is beautiful!
It's been more like October than almost December here. Scarey.

[Greybnk48]

17. I'm 30 miles so. of Green Bay, WI and have blooming flowers

Pansey's (which are very hardy) and verbena that put out new flowers this past week. This will be short lived since we're going to be hit with very cold temps by Thurs. A couple of years ago, I had snap dragons blooming profusely on Christmas morning. I have movies of my garden from that year (2000 or 2001), and again a couple of years later. The film is dated, but I haven't looked at it for a while.

[mandyky]

18. I saw a wooly worm today

(brown and black catepillar) and they usually hibernate by now. KY is having springlike weather...

[H2O Man]

19. I had my last bloom

in late December last year. And, because it is as warm as it is this year, I might beat that this year. It is strange for upstate NY.

[The Straight Story]

20. Kill it, kill it now.

Problem solved, it won't be growing anymore :evilgrin:

[BlueStorm]

21. Why has the weather been so warm lately?

It's 58.9 degrees here in Grand Rapids. Is there an El Nino pattern coming of the Pacific or what?

Blue

[warrens]

22. Here in Chicago

It's 60 and sunny. I got back from a Pere Ubu concert on Saturday night and the streets were filled with people who didn't want to go home. It was 70 degrees at 3 a.m.