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Re: [SG] -& Shade Vines

Carolyn,

Have heart!  Mine was about that old before it bloomed.  Of course, I had
to have a heart to heart with it about compost heaps :-)  I'm convinced
that it understood, because the very next year it bloomed.

Mine grows up an old black locust tree, overtopped by a large oak and a now
deceased enormous tulip poplar that had to be removed when it got a direct
lightening strike.  So, mine wasn't getting what I'd call direct sun.
Oddly enough, after the tulip poplar departed, mine didn't bloom last year.
 Of course, that could also be due to the late frost we had nipping the
buds.  I'm waiting for it to think about blooming this year or we have
another heart to heart about compost heaps!

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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so far behind in all aspects of life, she will never catch up!
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> From: Carolyn Q. Bryson <quinnell@IQUEST.NET>
> Date: Saturday, March 28, 1998 9:00 PM
> -------------------------
> My Hydrangea petiolaris is at least ten years old and growing up the
north
> side of  our garage. Additional shade is provided by a healthy crab apple
> tree and a Viburnum. The Hydrangea has never ever shown even the
slightest
> interest in blooming. So some sunlight must be necessary.
>
> Carolyn Q. Bryson, Indianapolis, Zone 5, where my front hillside is
covered
> with the blooms of minor bulbs (Scilla, Chionodoxa, Puschkinia, etc.)
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