Re: irregular blooming
I've noticed the same effect of late blooming on many plants, in gardens as
well as the native landscape. Our fall was very dry and warm - almost no
rain up until January, and then almost non-stop rain through
Jan-Feb. Plants seem to have gotten a very late start this year, not doing
much growing in preparation for the spring flowering. Wisteria in our area
are just now blooming, as are many flowering trees. I was over at Lakeside
Park today to take some notes for the garden the MGS is planning and
noticed many of the species in the succulent garden all rushing into flower
together (Gasteria, Lampranthus, Aloe, Echeveria, Bulbine, Sedum,
etc.). Usually many of these would have already gone past their prime by
now and seldom have I seen so many of them flowering together! Its a real
show! And the weather seems to have now moved into the 'dry phase'
already, with both cold and warm periods, confusing things yet again!
Its been a very wacky year - the second 'La Nina'(?) winter in a row after
the 'El Nino' we have previously. Will things ever get back to 'normal'!?
At 11:43 AM 3/29/00 -0800, LEE,ANGELA IUE-CHIH wrote:
>I went hiking in the santa monica mountains here in Los Angeles this past
>weekend and was amazed by the ceanothus blooms. Entire hillsides looked
>white and wooly from afar and at many points along the trail, we were
>walking past walls and tunnels formed by white ceanothus blossoms. the
>blue ceanothus are about to flower very soon as I noticed a many buds. the
>manzanitas are blooming now as well. I am told that this is extremely
>late
>(by about 2-3 months) for these plants to be in full bloom. maybe it was
>that blast of rain during the months of january and feb that has the
>plants scrambling to bloom all at the same time.
>
>Angela Lee
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