Re: Silk Floss tree in flower
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- Subject: Re: Silk Floss tree in flower
- From: L* C*
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 18:45:03 -0700
I'll remove any thought I may have had about drastic pruning!
I must say I think the green spikey trunk is equally spectacular to the
flowers. Wouldn't do anything to ever compromise that...
Thanks as always for all the info,
Laura
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Laura Cooper
> From: Elizabeth Waterman <lizwaterman@california.net>
> Reply-To: lizwaterman@california.net
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 17:16:09 -0700
> Cc: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: 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
>
> The Floss Silk tree at Lake Merritt was far more spectacular before the limb
> removing or butchery. Close to half the tree was removed in a most peculiar
> manner.
> It certainly didn't need pruning to be completely covered with blooms.
> Liz W
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