Six pierises didn't bloom this year
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Comments (11)Yes: Roots aren't meant to be damaged. They aren't even very cold-tolerant, relative to the top of the same plant, with root damage to potted stock sitting above the ground occurring at about 20 degrees F. higher temperature than the tops. Balling in burlap and bare-rooting kill most of the small roots, that is why top growth is stunted the first year after these are transplanted. The roots run the show, if something happens to the roots the top has to wait until these recover before it can carry on as before. With container stock you are supposed to be able to slip the plant out of the pot and into the ground with little root damage. However, in practice growers generate much rootbound stock, making it necessary for the serious gardener to wash these of soil and inspect the roots for defects, correct them at planting time. Most stock I look at here has signs of having been left in a small container too long. This includes container-grown broad-leaved evergreens. I seldom buy camellias form local garden centers as the two giant California growers that supply nearly all of the material offered here are very consistent about sending up terribly rootbound camellias. I have even seen 5 gallon stock with a small square of roots on top of the potting medium, in full view and indicating the plant sat in a square pot for a (too) long time when small. Rhododendrons, azaleas and other heath family shrubs are a problem because their fine, dense sod-like roots do not lend themselves to bare-rooting very much....See MoreGold Chain Laburnum didn't bloom
Comments (5)Um, AfterMidnight has hit the nail on the head, I think. Last year was a storming year for fruit of all kinds.....but this year, combined with a weird winter lacking in winter chill, we are seeing apples with hugely reduced fruit set, cherries which will drop the stunted crop over the next week or so, and redcurrants with no fruit at all. This is called biennial bearing....and often happens as trees and shrubs get older (although some varieties such as Cox pippin apples, have an innate tendency to have good years and bad years). Legumes, like laburnum and brooms are very much affected by this trait so don't fret, the tree looks perfectly healthy, this is just a natural hiatus....See MoreConifers that didn't make it
Comments (19)It's as much fun as growing conifers. I have 3 dwarfs from that year alone. I gave away most of the good ones, I have 67 one-gallons left from my original 125. I'm going to plant them everywhere around this lake I'll be putting in. It's going to be Japanese maples, Dawn Redwood, Larix mastersiana, and then some evergreen conifers with other stuff of course too. A lot of colorful stuff I'm growing from seed of perennials and perennial herbs. All from Horizon Herbs: Cascara Sagrada (Rhamnus purshiana) seeds, fresh, organic Clover, Crimson (Trifolium incarnatum) seeds, organic (corn crop cover) Lavender, English (Lavandula angustifolia vera) seeds, organic Black seed set, (4 seed packets): Black Seed, habat soda, hispanica, and love in the mist, all organic Asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus) seeds, organic Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax) seeds Pyrethrum, Painted Daisy (Chrysanthemum coccineum) seeds, organic Mint, Mountain (Pycnanthemum virginianum) seeds, organic Lavender, Czech (Lavandula angustifolia krajova) seeds, organic Sage, Clary (Salvia sclarea) seeds, organic [WA no] Cowslip (Primula veris) seeds, organic Camas, Blue (Camassia quamash) seeds Sage, Pitcher (Salvia spathacea) seeds, organic (hope it re-seeds). I won't find out the hard way though. Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) seeds, organic Dax...See MoreWhat Made It... What Didn't Make It for 2007!
Comments (145)Marcia, I had Duchess of Albany for 3 years, but it was planted out in the open, no shelter at all. Is yours planted up against a building? If it is, it'll have a much better shot at living I would imagine. Mine did ok the first year, but went into decline the next 2 years. It's the same story for my John Paul II, and Ville de Lyon, and Jackmanii.....there's so many nice hardy types of clematis out there, I think I'll stick to them. I also just picked up Durandii, so we'll have to compare notes together.;^) Gillian, I've also noticed that my Orientals are looking really robust this year. I wonder if it depends on how far down the frost gets to in the winter, as to how well they do the next year? I expected/hoped that the ones on the south side of the house would do well, but even those out in the island bed have multiplied as well....See Moreclaireplymouth z6b coastal MA
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