When do cherry blossoms / flowering plums blossom and bloom?

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  1. Imperfect Ending

    Imperfect Ending Active Member

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    I live in Los Angeles and this is strange... I have a "flowering plum" and a "flowering cherry" tree that I planted outside during spring this year.. but now I just looked at them and they're actually blooming right now!!!

    I thought they both bloom during early Spring/late Winter..

    Does anyone know anything about late summer blooming?

    ( or are my plants at the "bloom-before-death" stage? )

    Thank you
     
  2. Liz

    Liz Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    It's the crazy weather. Ours were flowering mid winter here and are about a month early. I have seen late flowering like this on other plants when new. It should settle down for next spring. Just look after them.

    Liz
     
  3. Freyja

    Freyja Active Member

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    Same here (near Vancouver, BC). I have a weeping cherry with one branch that developed 4 or 5 blooms this past week or so. It normally blooms ~April. I didn't think we had had any different weather than last year, though. It was just that one branch for some reason.
     
  4. ritafaye

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    I have a flowering plum (white) and is blooming right now. Found it very strange as in previous years, always bloomed in Spring.
     

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