Last September, my dear friend's (since kindergarten) mom passed away. Mrs. Paulsen, as I always called her, was like my second mom. I got my friend a plant to memorialize Mrs. P - a hydrangea 'Pinky Winky' - with a promise to take a cutting this year and grow a plant for her sister. So, a couple of weeks ago, I did. It rooted. And . . . IT BLOOMED!! (See picture) Is this rather unusual since I followed instructions to take a cutting of a stem that did not have a flower bud? I want to think this is a wonderful message, sort of, from Mrs. P, but perhaps it's not uncommon? Or . . . if that cutting had an invisible dormant flower bud, is this an indication that the cutting will not grow to a plant?
