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jaco42 z5NEOhio (
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Wed, Oct 17, 12 at 23:09
| I know this has been a very odd year in the garden, but is there someone that can explain why my bush is in full bloom on october 17. This bush has never bloomed in 5 years that it has been here and i have tried everything and each spring nothing, now it has decided to bloom in the fall. Is anyone else having this problem or is my bush trying to push me over the edge? |
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RE: witchazel blooming
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| It's probably American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana), which is an autumn bloomer. Not a problem, it's just the nature of the plant. |
RE: witchazel blooming
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Jimbo I never thought of that. I was under the impression when i bought the plant that it was spring blooming and just hadn't bloomed because it was not old enough. At least now I can stop yelling at it and maybe the neighbors will stop looking at me like I'm nuts.
Thanks again
Jaco |
RE: witchazel blooming
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| It's actually a quite interesting plant, at a time of year when there's not much else in bloom. Look at the flowers: On frosty mornings, the petals roll up, and then unfurl when the sun warms them. Apparently, they're working on ones that will cleanly drop their leaves before they bloom; better for a garden situation. |
RE: witchazel blooming
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| Thank you yes I agree it is a beautiful plant I was just dumbfounded that after all these years it finally bloomed and not when I thought it would. jaco |
RE: witchazel blooming
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Could not email jimbofeeny directly but want him, and anyone interested, about the clone of Hamamelis virginiana 'Harvest Moon'. It drops its leaves as it blooms, leaving just the flowers. A short bloom, but highly noticeable
It has done this both years I have had it here. |
RE: witchazel blooming
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| Hmmm - I'll have to look for that one! |
RE: witchazel blooming
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Jaco, it might have been a spring bloomer when you bought it. Maybe it was something like a Hamamelis x intermedia. Some are grafted onto H. virginiana. Some of the ones grafted are notorious for graft rejection. The top dies, but lots of new growth comes from the rootstock. In a few years you end up with only the rootstock. I kept mine, and vowed to not buy grafted Hamamelis again. One here in bloom.
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RE: witchazel blooming
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| D, I had thought of that myself, however, I never saw a period of any stress or leaf drop as in the plant dying, therefore I am pretty sure that I just did not have the variety I thought I had but thank you for your response. |
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