Re[2]: irregular blooming
- To: "M*@ucdavis.edu"
- Subject: Re[2]: irregular blooming
- From: D* L*
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 16:45 -0600
About Wisteria blooming:
They can take a couple of years sometimes to bloom after being planted out in
the garden depending on how thay were propagated and on how long they were grown
on in the nursery. If after a couple of years (in which hopefully you are
training to develop a
sturdy framework)they don't begin blooming prune the snot out of them after they
have dropped all leaves (in late fall- here that's late Nov. early Dec.),
withhold all nitrogen for a year, give only the amount of water they really must
have (but don't let 'em wilt)which is less than most people think,prune again.
They should bloom the following Spring. I love,adore Wisterias but they are not
a low maintenance plant...
About wierd weather and confused plants:
Some of what I have blooming in the Kaiser Center Roof Garden now: Wisteria,
Echium fastuosum, Malus floribunda,Salvia leucantha,
S.confertiflora,S. madrensis,S.cacaliaefolia,S.discolor,S.'Waverley',Phlomis
fruticosa,Huechera x brizoides,various Azaleas, Narcissus, Scabiosa, Muscari,
Scilla,
Camellia, an odd mix of right on schedule and way way off...
About Oakland's Lakeside Park Garden Center's succulent garden:
Wow Sean! WOOHOO! I was over there yesterday. Talk about gorgeous! I hope you
can get a picture to post up on the web site. Stand in front of the lathhouse,
with the
succulents in the fore and mid ground and the Palmatum in the background it's a
sight to behold. And I think the MGS garden to be -smack in between- is a stroke
of genius.
Could not be more appropriate in terms of flow. You go dude!
best to all,
Deborah Lindsay
