Re: CULT: Freeze damage
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Freeze damage
- From: B* S* <B*@hsc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 07:49:32 -0700 (MST)
>My japonica looks rough. The center leaves of the fan are white, and the
>others are sort of brownish-green and limp. Is there any hope for these
>plants? I just planted them last fall, so they may not be particularly
>well established. What should I do for them?
>
I've had japonica severely damaged like this several times in the past
decade. They always seem to come back from their underground runners.
Your bloom for this year is gone, though. I've had one bloom stalk in 13
years from several big patches of japonica (both the plain-leaved and
variegated varieties). They do very well until those late freezes in
March...
The variegated japonica definitely has a tendency to mutate back to the
all-green form. I have to carefully select in order to preserve it,
because the green reversions are so vigorous.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@hsc.edu>
