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Re: Lobelia laxiflora no flowers...

Nan wrote:

> I have two lobelia laxiflora plants and neither has
>flowered in over a year.  I wonder if they are getting too much water.
>Anyone had any experience like this?  Does anyone know if they flower only
>when on the dry side?

I have a few plants of L. laxiflora 'Angustifolia', one of which
flowered poorly whilst the other is still a mass of flower and
promises to carry on for a good while yet.  The non-flowering plant (a
division of its neighbour) is in richer soil and due to its proximity
to a 3 metre wide Diascia  patens which is very 'hungry'  and moisture
loving, received extra water and liquid food throughout the summer.
Growth has been lax and non-productive.  The other plant is growing in
poor, gravelly soil and has not received a drop of extra water this
summer.  Flowering commenced in late May and has been continuous ever
since.  

David Poole
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