Re: Flower Color
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Flower Color
- From: j*
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 09:26:08 -0500
In my gardens, on the line of zones 4-5, the hosta flower colors are normal.
We had a very wet spring and early summer, which no doubt helped, but it was
followed by two weeks (just ended) of sizzling temperatures around 100
degrees F. I watered deeply every other day during this torrid, dry heat
wave. While colors are normal, the hosta that bloom in late August and
September are either in bloom or producing buds that will break soon. A few
hosta suffered sun-scorched foliage, but not badly, during the hot spell.
The large tree that provided shade was lost in a storm, so most of the hosta
now receive afternoon sun. I compensate by watering more frequently.
John G. Adney
Marion, Iowa
-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@INTERPORT.NET>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Thursday, August 05, 1999 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: [SG] Flower Color
>I've been wondering about this myself. It seems like this year all the
hosta
>flowers, not just in my yard but the entire neighborhood, have much more
>saturated colors. The effect of stress?
>Nancy (in NYC, zone 6B)
>
>>Is flower color influenced by the environment? Many of my blooms seemed
>>to be coming out white, when more color was expected. I inquired about
>>it on a gardening list, and someone answered that soil, etc. had no
>>influence. Has anyone else seen this effect, of different colors in
>>different environments?
>>
>>Anelle
>>
>>
