Re: HYB: SPEC: aphylla

Neil M in western NC asked:
<Did your aphyllas keep going if the weather stayed fairly constant
and the garden culture did the same?>

Well... unfortunately, neither of those conditions have ever existed
here <g>  However, I have noticed that the summer deciduousness (is that
a word?) of cultivars varies considerably, depending on moisture.  The
aphyllas are small (i.e., easily hidden by weeds) and are out in the
gravel loam 'killing' fields, where moisture stress is maximum, plus I
haven't watched them closely every year.  A few years ago, I moved a few
cultivars that had been dropping their leaves every summer from the
gravel loam around to a 'rebloomer bed' (a minor mess of a different
kind...weeds and varmints) where they were watered regularly, and they
stayed green all summer.

And Bill Shear in Va said:
<Aphylla is completely deciduous in the winter here (central VA)--as
is I. variegata.>

Both are also winter deciduous here, as is pallida, tho pallida starts
foliage growth much earlier in spring/late winter than the other two.

Neil, I may be wrong about this, but seems like I remember some
discussion about the latin root of aphylla having more to do with lack
of leaves (bracts) on the flower stalk than being summer deciduous.  I'm
not sure about that tho -

Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8


 

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