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On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:15:17 +0100, "Bob Hobden"
wrote: Drove over to Wakehurst to look at the Magnolias and spring flowers, photos at... https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhob...7651263189080/ Nice. I love Magnolias, have tried to grow them here but the frosts get the better of them. |
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Jeff Layman wrote: On 01/04/15 23:55, wrote: On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:15:17 +0100, "Bob Hobden" wrote: Drove over to Wakehurst to look at the Magnolias and spring flowers, photos at... https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhob...7651263189080/ Nice. I love Magnolias, have tried to grow them here but the frosts get the better of them. The flowers or the plants themselves? There are late spring or summer-flowering ones which could be OK for you, depending on where you are. Quite a few are hardy down to USA Zone 4 or 5. The problem here is our very maritime climate, with spring being a mixture of warm and cold spells. The usual problem with such flowers is that they come out of bud in a warm spell, only to be caught by a cold spell or sharp frost. That is much less of a problem in continental climates, like those in the USA. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On Thu, 02 Apr 2015 09:54:19 +0100, Jeff Layman
wrote: On 01/04/15 23:55, wrote: On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:15:17 +0100, "Bob Hobden" wrote: Drove over to Wakehurst to look at the Magnolias and spring flowers, photos at... https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhob...7651263189080/ Nice. I love Magnolias, have tried to grow them here but the frosts get the better of them. The flowers or the plants themselves? Certainly the flowers, but the couple of Magnolias I had have either died, or died back to ground level and never grow back past that stage. The few flowers I have had do not look properly developed either, I suspect we simply run out of summer before the flowering really gets going. The latter problem happens with many other plants here too. There are late spring or summer-flowering ones which could be OK for you, depending on where you are. Quite a few are hardy down to USA Zone 4 or 5. Thanks Jeff, I will have to look into other varieties of Magnolia. I am in Tasmania. I just looked into this USA zone business, and it looks like I'm in zone 2 or 3... more like zone 2 though, as I live in the mountains: https://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/rese...rch/zones.html |
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says... On Thu, 02 Apr 2015 09:54:19 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote: On 01/04/15 23:55, wrote: On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:15:17 +0100, "Bob Hobden" wrote: Drove over to Wakehurst to look at the Magnolias and spring flowers, photos at... https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhob...7651263189080/ Nice. I love Magnolias, have tried to grow them here but the frosts get the better of them. The flowers or the plants themselves? Certainly the flowers, but the couple of Magnolias I had have either died, or died back to ground level and never grow back past that stage. The few flowers I have had do not look properly developed either, I suspect we simply run out of summer before the flowering really gets going. The latter problem happens with many other plants here too. There are late spring or summer-flowering ones which could be OK for you, depending on where you are. Quite a few are hardy down to USA Zone 4 or 5. Thanks Jeff, I will have to look into other varieties of Magnolia. I am in Tasmania. I just looked into this USA zone business, and it looks like I'm in zone 2 or 3... more like zone 2 though, as I live in the mountains: https://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/rese...rch/zones.html If minus 10 is your coldest, stellata magnolias are pretty hardy IME and they flower at a very young age. Janet |
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On 04/04/15 08:40, wrote:
On Thu, 02 Apr 2015 09:54:19 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote: On 01/04/15 23:55, wrote: On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:15:17 +0100, "Bob Hobden" wrote: Drove over to Wakehurst to look at the Magnolias and spring flowers, photos at... https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhob...7651263189080/ Nice. I love Magnolias, have tried to grow them here but the frosts get the better of them. The flowers or the plants themselves? Certainly the flowers, but the couple of Magnolias I had have either died, or died back to ground level and never grow back past that stage. The few flowers I have had do not look properly developed either, I suspect we simply run out of summer before the flowering really gets going. The latter problem happens with many other plants here too. There are late spring or summer-flowering ones which could be OK for you, depending on where you are. Quite a few are hardy down to USA Zone 4 or 5. Thanks Jeff, I will have to look into other varieties of Magnolia. I am in Tasmania. I just looked into this USA zone business, and it looks like I'm in zone 2 or 3... more like zone 2 though, as I live in the mountains: https://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/rese...rch/zones.html Well, Zone 2/3 in Australia is very similar to much of southern UK (Zone 7 USA). However, if you get snow which covers plants you can often get away with more cold-sensitive plants if they are covered by snow and so protected from much lower temperatures and desiccating winds. Does Eucryphia lucida (Leatherwood) grow anywhere near you? If so, I am surprised that you are having a problem with magnolias. Even if it doesn't, there are quite a few Magnolias you could try. These are from the RHS Dictionary of Gardening (from 1992, so there will be many others now). All are USA Zone 6 or lower. Also look at the cultivars and hybrids from the list below. Just about all should withstand -15â°C. Most magnolias will flower before or as the leaves open, so "running out of summer" should not be a reason for poor flowering. In general, magnolias will not withstand drying out or being waterlogged for any length of time. M. acuminata M. x Brooklyiensis M. 'Charles Coates' M. cylindrica M. denudata M. De Vos and Kosar hybrids M. fraseri M. Freeman hybrids M. Gresham hybrids M. hypoleuca M. 'Kewensis' M. kobus M. liliflora M. x loebneri M. x proctoriana M. salicifolia M. x soulangiana M. stellata M. x thompsoniana M. virginiana M. x wiesneri I have tried to avoid evergreen and very large-leaved magnolias as these do not like windy conditions. Of course, how many of these are available in Tasmania is another thing entirely! I believe that Australia has some of the most restrictive practices when it comes to importing any plant material. Good luck! I love magnolias, and couldn't imagine a garden without them. -- Jeff |
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