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Sacha[_3_] · 02-09-2008, 01:53 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 2/9/08 11:09, in article , "K"
wrote:

Dave Poole writes
K wrote:

And the indoor jasmine which scented our porch in April, and which I put
outside for the summer, is about to open its flowers again.

I'd be very disappointed if my 'indoor' jasmine (J. polyanthum) wasn't
in flower at this time of year. I grow it outside here and it has a
major flowering in March, sporadic flowering until late August and
then a serious build up to a good autumn and early winter show. Mine
is a mass of buds again, but it does this every year. It's the nature
of the beast.

I think it goes to show the difference between your climate and ours. I
notice repeatedly that the SW posters talk about plants being ';just
going over' when mine are still in bud.

There can be a lot of difference between us and e.g. The Garden House, Kay.
That's on the moor and we're only just not! The CIs can easily be 4 weeks
ahead and so on. We noticed a Camellia with loads of buds on it the other
day and I must go back and look at its label to see which it is. I'm sort
of presuming a C. sasanqua but it might not be!

Viburnum x bodnantense often flowers precociously in autumn down here,
well before the leaves colour and fall. So much so that I tend to
look upon it as having a very long season of flower terminating in
early spring.

Our season has been getting longer as the winters have become milder.
But August is the earliest yet. I expect it now to continue till early
May.

Our Embothrium bloomed twice this year but last time a Eucryphia did this,
it turned up its toes and died having flowered in June and January. We can
only assume that the second flowering was a last ditch attempt to propagate
itself. It reminds me of the drought of 1976 when oak trees produced many
more acorns than usual in an effort to survive the drought, presumably.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon