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Anyone know how to make on of these flower? We've tried everything,
small pot/ground/large pot left it out, put it in cold greenhouse, warm greenhouse. Pruned it left it. The blasted thing refuses to flower for the past 8 years!! Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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Janet Tweedy wrote:
Anyone know how to make on of these flower? We've tried everything, small pot/ground/large pot left it out, put it in cold greenhouse, warm greenhouse. Pruned it left it. The blasted thing refuses to flower for the past 8 years!! Janet Show it a ready-to-use Roundup spray... -- Jeff |
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Janet Tweedy wrote:
Anyone know how to make on of these flower? We've tried everything, small pot/ground/large pot left it out, put it in cold greenhouse, warm greenhouse. Pruned it left it. The blasted thing refuses to flower for the past 8 years!! If left out overwinter it isn't flowering because it is dead! I usually take cuttings from new shoots in April and get flowers by October. Paul -- CTC Right to Ride Rep. for Richmond upon Thames |
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says... Anyone know how to make on of these flower? We've tried everything, small pot/ground/large pot left it out, put it in cold greenhouse, warm greenhouse. Pruned it left it. The blasted thing refuses to flower for the past 8 years!! Janet Janet if you are talking Tibouchina urvilleana and you have not allready done so prune and repot in early spring but leave the pot inside untill mid April to recover (you may be a bit late this year), once the weather men stop threatening frost it can go outside for the summer in a warm spot, lots of water in summer and not too much shade, bring the pot back in during September it should be just starting to flower. Things that stop flowering are frost/cutting back at the wrong time, lack of water/draughting, but other than that they are pretty bomb proof. Leaving mine out in the ground I never get flowers although the plants come back from the roots each year, so I always have some pot fulls for plunging There are however many other Tibouchina species, heteromala, grandifolia, paratropica, etc apart from paratropica all are less hardy than urvilleana but all can be made to flower in the same way allthough I find they are more sensitive to wet in winter and can die from botrytis if not well ventilated -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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In article , Paul Luton
writes If left out overwinter it isn't flowering because it is dead! I usually take cuttings from new shoots in April and get flowers by October. Paul No it's not dead, even i know the difference:) It has plenty of leaves and growth just no flowers or flower buds. Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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In article , Sacha
writes Wish I could help, Janet but ours just flower and that's it. I had one outside in Jersey but lost it in an unusually cold winter. Could it be either temps or soil type with yours? Or maybe it's just a duff plant? ;-( Well I've had it in a pot so i could give it extra care but whereas i get leaves etc. there's never been a sniff of a flower bud! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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On 27/3/09 18:43, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote: In article , Sacha writes Wish I could help, Janet but ours just flower and that's it. I had one outside in Jersey but lost it in an unusually cold winter. Could it be either temps or soil type with yours? Or maybe it's just a duff plant? ;-( Well I've had it in a pot so i could give it extra care but whereas i get leaves etc. there's never been a sniff of a flower bud! The only thing I can wonder is "does it get too much feed?" Not a lot of help, I'm afraid but just a thought. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online |
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