I'm so sorry for your loss.

Rhododendrons will sometimes bloom in Fall - reasons are thought to be weather related or occasionally a reaction to stress, can also be a trait exhibited by particular individual plants rather than all in a variety. Still, if she is finding some comfort in what may be a meaningful coincidence, I'll be the last to argue with her.

Thank You morz8 for your kind words!

I would imagine this mature rhodo was stressed due to the transplanting 2 months ago. It just surprises me that it would re-bloom, it didn't even think we could grow rhodos in our climate:) I don't even plant species that need zone 5 as our winter temperatures can dip very low some years.

I won't argue with sis either,

Cheers, Joyce