Emily Peel Yates / seasonal adjustment disorder
I planted 12 sunflower seedlings in March. I thought only one survived slugs, cats, dogs etc but look what’s come out in October.
Also my ceanothus (california lilac) is having a second bloom.
More usually seen at this time of year though, our pumpkin
The nights have drawn in, its time to hibernate in all the beautiful autumn leaves. Aren’t the colours fantastic?
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The autumn colours are just amazing - which means even in town you get a sense of change and seasons, which I love, But, but…your post reminded me of a walk through Princes Street Gardens the other day. I could see something on an area of grass at the west end, like something had been scattered. Walking over to investigate, I saw that it was a mass of crocuses (crocii??) which had obviously been fooled by the weather, and sprung forth too early. It was awful - they were all white and straggly strems, collapsed and dying -it sounds bit melodramatic, but it looked like the aftermath of a an epic struggle for survival - they had tried, but failed. I ws just so, so furious - sounds stupid I know - but it made me angry for days, still am. That our actions have screwed things up to the extent that the growing season of plants, the laws of nature, are overturned. I know it’s happened elsewhere, but to see signs of it right there was a pertinent reminder to me of why we need to realign and change.
November 1st, 2008 at 3:15 pmSame with primulas
November 1st, 2008 at 3:16 pmnot sure about primulas but the crocus might have been an autumn crocus or even, a clever colleague tells me a colchium, so maybe its not that bad?
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