Re: Silk Floss tree in flower

Laura Cooper wrote:
> 
> Greetings again,
> Another Floss Silk thought. I've heard that they can take a while to bloom--
> but based on what Sean has said about the riotous bloom on the butchered
> prune job, and also based on the ones at the Huntington Library, by no means
> butchered, but cut back hard every year, which bloom beautifully, I'm
> wondering if the cutting back enhances the bloom? Any thoughts on this out
> there?
> 
Laura
On the whole, pruning discurages flowering, not only by removing wood of
mature flowering age but also encouraging lots of dormant buds to grow
out into new wood, which is then too immature to flower.  I would
incline to think the butchered tree is flowering in spite of, rather
than because of, the way it has been treated.

Moira 

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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
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