?Non-'flowering' cornus this year
We have become very keen on growing Cornus Kousa (I hope I've spelt that
correctly). The flowering bracts last for weeks - far longer than normal blossom trees - and they are totally spectacular. We grow the basic variety and also the pink variant called, I believe, Satoma (or something similar) We have also had for many years the pink Cornus florida rubra. Over the years we have grown used to this totally failing to 'flower' but the others have never let us down. Not until this year, that is. This year the dreadfully 'iffy'florida rubra has been covered with pink bracts for several weeks, but as for the many other kousa varieties they've hardly a dozen bracts between the lot of them. We are in Surrey. Has anybody else had the same experience? Derek Carve |
?Non-'flowering' cornus this year
Derek Carver wrote in message ... We have become very keen on growing Cornus Kousa (I hope I've spelt that correctly). The flowering bracts last for weeks - far longer than normal blossom trees - and they are totally spectacular. We grow the basic variety and also the pink variant called, I believe, Satoma (or something similar) We have also had for many years the pink Cornus florida rubra. Over the years we have grown used to this totally failing to 'flower' but the others have never let us down. Not until this year, that is. This year the dreadfully 'iffy'florida rubra has been covered with pink bracts for several weeks, but as for the many other kousa varieties they've hardly a dozen bracts between the lot of them. We are in Surrey. Has anybody else had the same experience? I've got a tenft high c.k.chinensis, iirc, and it's flowering nicely at the moment but not smothered. I've also got an 'Eddie's White Wonder' which is only been in place for a couple of years, and it's had a few blossoms this year to my surprise. -- Anton |
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