mountain laurel not blooming
Lalala (zone 6b)
14 years ago
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Mountain Laurel Seeds, Germinating
Comments (12)I am so excited and happy. I think I have germinated what I believe to be a Tx. Mt. Laurel . Although I am not sure which variety it would be I am leaning toward the Hill Country variety based on the local that it came from.. The mature tree was about 8-10 ft. tall. Extremely dark blue clusters of flowers with an overwhelmingly heavy sweet smell. Red berry like seeds a little darker and harder than dogwood berries, which I have read are toxic. So does this sound like Tx. Mt. Laurel? Is the plant that I have?? Read these posts about three months ago followed the directions you all gave for lightly sanding the edge of my seed. Put it in lightly moist soil with with a good mix of Black Kow compost.Placed it in semi-shade until it started to harden off. Now I have a healthy new plant about 4 inches tall. Tghe new leaves look almost like young mistletoe leaves. Amazingly enough my seeds were gathered between 2005-2006 when I was visiting my son in Belton,Tx. near Salado. I have had them in a dish inside the China Cabinet as souviners since them, but decided to give them a try after reading the experiences here on the Gardenweb. I am now deciding where to put it before winter comes. After reading all the postings on temperature tolerances, I am thinking I need a pot that can be rolled in and outseasonally perhaps. I am in the Carolina Coastal Plain in Zone 8, but not too far from Zone 7. We routinely get temps in the thirties through the winter with it dipping on occassion into the twenties and teens for brief periods.Has anyone else had success wintering them over outside here? I haven't noticed anyone specifically mentioning the strong sweet smell of the blossoms.. We found them way too sweet for indoor cut flowers. I was worried about that as a house plant, but it appears as slow as it grows and matures, will be a while before I have to consider that problem. Any other pointers and tips before deciding to commit myself to outside or inside in this Zone???...See MoreMountain Laurel?
Comments (21)The Don's Dwarf wax myrtle is very nice and doesn't look like a wax myrtle even. Mayland said she just got one at Ace Hardware. Other evergreen natives include Vaccinium darrowii (some cultivars available like Vaccinium darrowii 'Rosa's Blush', beautiful new growth color) and dwarf forms of Yaupon Holly. I find that the yaupon holly looks best when left unpruned (most people prune it); it has a lovely tidy yet informal shape then. It will most likely have been pruned some when you buy it, just let it grow out that haircut. Good examples on the Southern Polytech campus in Marietta around the Atrium building. An even more remote choice is Pieris phillyreifolia; actually not so remote - I got mine at Georgia Perimeter College's nursery, a great place for natives. I had 5 at one time, but had to move them to a new house and only two have survived, but these two are THRIVING. And yes, Florida anise would be too big for that spot. There are also the Inkberry hollies which no one ever thinks is a Holly (Ilex glabra). I assume you have checked into those. Ilex cassine makes some nice hybrids with Ilex opaca and they don't look like hollies much either. Nearly Native Nursery has some of those....See MoreHAVE: Texas Mountain Laurel seeds
Comments (4)Hi there, I have a couple of seedlings for the Texas mountain Laurel-purple blooms. I heard that there is a WHITE Texas M.L. also anybody?...See MoreAnyone's Mountain Laurels blooming yet?
Comments (7)I saw one beginning to bloom in the Clear Lake area today. Roadhogmoran, I like your name! Lordy! Do you mean Lester? Cadillac Cowboys...a friend of mine had one of those platters, years ago (1970s?) - funny as anything I ever heard at the time. I can still remember...Johnny Mack Brown High School...stuttering at the mention of Charlie Pride...W-E-A-K Radio. I'm laughing so hard at the memory I can hardly type here!...See MoreLalala (zone 6b)
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