First Teddy Bear Magnolia bloom of this season!

teeka0801(7aNoVa)

6 years ago

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sam_md
6 years ago
Pretty!, I can smell the perfume from here.
(ryanga7a) Ryan M
6 years ago
I love those! Their scent is heavenly. Mine bloomed its only bloom about two weeks ago down here in GA (it is much smaller than yours)
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Thanks for your comments garden friends. I think I have found an explanation to this strange behavior. A little googling confirmed my suspicion that just like marigolds the sunflowers too are composite flowers. Composite flowers are combination of many florets having different petal shapes. The florets are divided mainly in two groups, disk flowers (very tiny petals) in the center and ray flowers (much bigger petals) surrounding the center, which in combination give sunflower (or other composite flowers) it's final look. As they are all individual flowers, seeds collected from different zones will result in different shape of flowers (I remember reading this somewhere many years ago though in context of marigold). I am assuming the teddy bear sunflower has very low number of disc flowers as compared to Ray flowers which is why they look so full and fuzzy. But in my seed packet atleas one viable seed of disc flower was there which I happened to germinate and grow. And that explains the strange looking flower on plant 3, it's comprised only of disk flowers. I'm still not sure seed from which part results in a daisy like flower as on plant 4. But atleast now I have explanation behind the different appearances :) the seed companies should be more careful in collecting seeds from composite flowers I guess.
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Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
6 years ago
Mine is right behind yours.

Little Gem really has a ton of buds on it this year.
tlbean2004
6 years ago
The little Gems are show stoppers this year! All the public plantings are exploding with blooms.

I would also love to add a Teddy Bear to my collection.
Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
You'd like Teddy Bear. Just a more compact variety. But not as prolific a bloomer as other varieties. But I like the smaller, rounded leaves. Looks more 'tropical' to me for some reason. A better choice for the smaller landscape.
tlbean2004
6 years ago
How big do they really get? Have you even seen a mature specimen?

I'm not sure how long they have been on the market.
Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
26 feet tall in 26 years....the original plant. So a foot to 18" a year sounds about right, depending on climate and conditions.
poaky1
6 years ago
My Grandiflora blooms in late summer, maybe I need a Teddy bear. I hope they are zone 6 at least.
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6 years ago
Late Summer? I am not sure why it is that late in the season. Mine tend to bloom from June through July and linger into August. Not sure if it the particular cultivar or site, but I get the most impressive blooms on the Majestic Beauty, then the Victoria, Edith Bogue seems a bit shy. I think my Teddy Bear (or Alta..., not sure which it is, need to post of pic for identification), is more August blooming. Then there is the Little Gem which blooms from early June and well into October
teeka0801(7aNoVa)
Original Author
6 years ago
gorgeous HUGE magnolia (not mine, unfortunately)
poaky1
6 years ago
WEll, Subtropix, I really should've said fall, because mine bloomed in October last year. I came back from my trip to Williamsburg, Va and Virginia beach and saw a couple fading flowers on my Southern Mag. Before that, I never saw a bloom on it before. In other people experience, does the Teddy Bear get wide? I mean instead of me looking online for an answer, people's actual experiences. Thanks.

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