Out of season. Plum blossom in autumn. Image: Su Leslie, 2018
Our poor plum tree is confused. After bearing record numbers of fruit earlier in the year, it began to blossom again; fooled perhaps by the unusually warm weather.
Sadly, this awakening was short-lived. Auckland’s weather has turned, and any blossom not torn off in the storm last week has been drenched and blown away in subsequent days.
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Ahh, I get to be the first to say, “Beautiful shot, Su.” 🙂
janet
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Love the water drops. And we also are getting bizarre weather patterns. Yesterday it was in the 70s (F), today it was in the 30s with icy rain. Poor daffodils are confused.
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Wow: that’s a huge change in temperature. Poor daffodils 😦
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I will let you know how they fare.
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Plum is a very lovely flower. Spring OR fall 😀
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Agreed. I’m pretty keen on the fruit too. This season’s plums were quite small and not great for eating but perfect for jam and plum sauce. 🙂
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this is so lovely flower and color….
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🙂 thank you
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Lovely photo, Su.
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Poor little thing. I am very confused by the weather too.
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Me too. It’ glorious here at the moment, but from the office window I can’t see the Waitakeres for cloud, so I expect it will be raining again soon.
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A short awakening then. Love the raindrops Su 🙂
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Thanks Jude. I hope that little burst of activity isn’t actually detrimental to the tree.
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Let’s hope not. Sadly my fuchsias that had new leaves emerging were hit by the snow and freezing temps and now appear to be just bare sticks. I’ll give them another couple of weeks before giving up on them.
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Oh no. I do hope they recover.
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No sign so far…
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😦
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Such a lovely blossom, Su. I think all the warm weather must be going in your direction.
Leslie
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Thanks Leslie. It is quite warm here again after a cold blast last week. Very wet though 😦
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It’s still cold here and you’d never know it was spring. It must be nice somewhere.
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😦 If I find out where, I’ll let you know.
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Good to know Su, thanks.
Leslie
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A short but sweet awakening. 😊 xxxxxx
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🙂 xxx
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Beautiful.
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A beautiful awakening. Amanda
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Thanks Amanda. So strange to see blossom in autumn.
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I love love love this shot!
The dew dripping off … it looks so lush, and at the same time, a little melancholy.
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Thanks Ju-Lyn. Blossom out of time that has no chance to fruit is a little sad I guess.
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The bittersweetness that nature is … sigh. Have a wonderful weekend, Su!
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Thanks so much. Wishing you a great weekend too.
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