Re: Michelia alba

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• Subject: Re: Michelia alba
• From: p* <l*@geocities.com>
• Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 16:08:16 -0700
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Marian D. Potts wrote:

>      We propagate Michelia figo here when the new growth has hardened
> some the tips may still be growing. You can dip the base of the cutting
> in liquid footing hormone (maybe 5000ppm) or use rootone(the advantage
> here is the added fungicide) We use oasis for a medium but perlite will
> work too.
>    I am not familiar with M.alba. You say it blooms all summer. M. figo
> does not, at least not here.
>

Hi Marian,

Thanks for the info. My M. figo 'Port Wine' also only blooms mainly from late
spring to early summer. But the M. alba flowered from April into December
last year. Unlike the shrubby M. figo, M. alba grows to be a 30'+ evergreen
tree, similar to M. champaca. I have seen newly rooted cuttings from 2 to 6
feet tall. One source says the cuttings should be taken in late summer/early
fall. I still need to find out if I can succeed without a GH though.

Best regards,

peter

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