RE: instead of forsythia

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• Subject: RE: instead of forsythia
• From: C* S*
• Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:17:07 -0700
• Importance: Normal

The question was raised whether Kerria japonica needs winter chill to bloom
successfully.  I grew it for years  in Oakland, a mild-winter area, and it
bloomed extremely well.

The one I grew was Kerria japonica pleniflora, I think; double flowers.  A
couple of weeks ago I saw a single-flowered one in a Portland (Oregon)
garden; quite beautiful, and in full bloom in mid-April.

Forestfarm Nursery in Oregon listed it in their Fall 2001 catalog, and also
listed a white variety, "Albiflora."

Carolyn Stone
Sonoma County, California, where we're having rather unseasonably cold and
wet days.

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