Pinky Winky and Vanilla Strawberry question
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Comments (1)I have QF & VS is planted next to her, but VS is just in her 2nd season. However she has a very impressive red canes more red than any of my 9 other H paniculatas ~ w/c I love! VS was a scraggly looking shrub when I got her April 2010 I had to give her quite a bit of support as the blossoms were heavy ~ young canes couldn't handle them well - she's growing much pettier this season ~ new canes more up right (no bloom buds yet) Only perhaps another year will tell! QF Is in her 5th season blossoms are loose & lace-like (at this point loaded w/ bloom buds the first to produce!) Hope this helps!...See MoreStrawberry-Vanilla but where's the strawberry? pic
Comments (20)I think it's the way some suppliers are pruning the Vanilla Strawberry plants. I saw one with branches all the way to the bottom and it flopped. However, the new ones I got at Lowes are pruned to make a more narrow shape with less branches at the bottom. This does seem to keep them from flopping. I was able to pick these out from many plants. The issue is this plant produces blooms on practically every single branch. I think that's great but it only causes problems if you leave too many young, thin branches on it. Knowing all of this, you can plan for it and prune it to allow the stems to mature more. I kept my Pinky Winky. I am planting a row of these. I put three Vanilla Strawberries on each side of my Pinky Winky. I don't love the blooms on it but I don't hate it. The blooms are less showy on Pinky Winky. I also got a Great Star to add in at the other set of 3 Vanilla Strawberries. I just wanted to mix it up a little. I just think Vanilla Strawberry is awesome. The photo shown is a comparison of Pinky Winky vs. Vanilla Strawberry blooms. The Vanilla Strawberry has more petals because it has many more sterile flowers. That's why the blooms are so full. This post was edited by echinaceamaniac on Tue, Jul 15, 14 at 21:14...See MoreRed stems on Pinky Winky and Vanilla Strawberry?
Comments (3)The color "problem" with the stems would bother me but the change in color would not necessarily bother me. Weather is one of the factors that triggers color changes so your plants, not being established yet, may just be tardy this year....See MorePinky Winky vs. Vanilla Strawberry
Comments (9)Here in Toronto (5b) I have both PW and VS and this is their third full year in the ground right next to each other. They get full sun (about 6-7 hrs and a mix of morning and later afternoon) and both suffered in the July/August heatwaves of last year. Neither has been very impressive bloomers for me yet, but this year they are both getting some decent blooms forming right now. PW is still only about 3.5 feet tall but seems more compact and bushier. VS is about 4 feet tall now but that is because of longer, single stems that look more prone to flopping over. I have left it mostly unpruned to give the stems a chance to grow and thicken, but after this year I may prune them back to try to get a more compact shape again. So far it looks like PW is the better of the two, which is too bad because the advertised blooms on VS look so much nicer. Foliage is about the same but PW looks better overall because of it's more compact, rounded form....See MoreRelated Professionals
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