RE: Surry Gardens, weather, corn plant

David,

The only thing I can say for sure that I do for my corn plant is _
neglect it!  It gets watered only about once a month and I don't think
it's ever been feed!  It's been in the same soil for about 18 years!
The pot and plant are too huge to move.  I occasionally mist the tree
when I feel sorry for it!  It's considerably sorter on top now that a 4'
branch broke off.  I read that the tree needs to be at least 6 years
before it will bloom.  I have three blossom stalks right now and I can
smell the fragrance outside my house before I open the door!!!!
Remember it's still winter here!

Chris
Long Island, NY
Zone 7

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of David Franzman
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 1:02 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Surry Gardens, weather, corn plant

Chris, I have one of those that is trying to shoot through the roof but 
it's never flowered.  How did you get it to do that?

DF

Chris wrote:

>Dear Marge and Theresa, 
>
>Thank you for your comments in regards to my article!  I hope that it
is
>well received.  A lot of the content is dedicated to descriptions of
>plants that could be used with daylilies and I'm thinking that daylily
>people may find it too tedious! I added a paragraph about Zone 3
plants,
>so that should appease those from points north. Oh, well, you can't
>please everyone!  The editor of the newsletter approached me after
>reading it, so at least she was interested!  As Marge and others know,
>writing is a lot of work!
>
>As I looked out the window I could see that some of our snow cover is
>melting.  I can see some grass today!  The flower beds seem to hold the
>snow longer and they've got at least 6" still on them!  There's no way
I
>can start any clean up yet.  Parts of the yard are flooded.  I've got
>15' ponds!  It's interesting to note though where water is puddleing
and
>where it is high and dry.
>
>I have a Corn Plant, Dracaena fragrans 'Massangeana', that's about 8'
>-10' high.  It's been filling the house with the most delicious
>fragrance!  The bloom stalk is about 18" long and so heavy that it
broke
>off one of the minor trunks!  I'm going to post some pics if you'd like
>to look.  Those of you in FLA get to enjoy this fragrance outdoors, but
>for us it's a bit of spring in the air!
>
>Photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/chrispnpt
>
>
>Chris
>Long Island, NY
>Zone 7
>
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