At last!
 

After 19 years from seed my Catalpa has finally got around to flowering!
Seems to be only flowering on the bits I have not hacked back so I guess I
will have to go easy on the pruning. And sadly the whole thing is looking a
mess because of the gales back in late June. But at least its started :~)

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

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After 19 years from seed my Catalpa has finally got around to flowering!
Seems to be only flowering on the bits I have not hacked back so I guess I
will have to go easy on the pruning. And sadly the whole thing is looking a
mess because of the gales back in late June. But at least its started :~)

That's wonderful Charlie, you must be so thrilled. Sorry to hear about
the storm damage though.
Jennifer and Edward

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:25:14 +0100, "Charlie Pridham"
wrote:

After 19 years from seed my Catalpa has finally got around to flowering!
Seems to be only flowering on the bits I have not hacked back so I guess I
will have to go easy on the pruning. And sadly the whole thing is looking a
mess because of the gales back in late June. But at least its started :~)

Yes they are very brittle and they also develop heavy limbs - I
sometimes do a bit of thinning and remove anything that looks likely
to grow too heavy. I think ours took about that long, it's now 29
years and hasn't missed a year since it started flowering. Well worth
the wait and the perfume pervades the whole of the walled garden.

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