Flowers, 2016

[CamdenJim]

Here's the only other pic I took of them this year. You can see the tube like, hook shaped cups it has...
And I swear, the color changes a bit each year.
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Fascinating. And beautiful. Do you let them go to seed? Want to share?

 

[PeaceLoveBonsai]

Hibiscus from this morning.

 

[LanceMac10]

Gonna' slip in some Suriname Cherries....kinda' a follow-up with the flowers and everything.....

 

[just.wing.it]

Fascinating. And beautiful. Do you let them go to seed? Want to share?

To be honest, I would need a good schooling on how to properly harvest the seeds.
I'll pay more attention to them next spring and see what I can come up with.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

I apologize for taking so long, but I just looked through all of your pictures tonight. You have some beautiful flowers! I am SO jealous. Gardenias were my moms favorite. I bought 2 small ones from Cass this summer, So hoping I can keep them alive long enough to bloom. You have some really beautiful trees.

Thank you! I really like the flowering ones. Gardenias are one of my favorites, and have my favorite scent. They also root very easily, I have had the stem of gardenia flowers root while sitting in a vase.

John

 

[defra]

this is a hibiscus syriacus i dug out of my front garden now flowering

 

[Wilson]

With the vigor of serissa, even cuttings like to flower!

 

[Carol 83]

 

[Carol 83]

 

[Mellow Mullet]

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Nice, I had one of those for a while, left it out one night and it froze.

 

[Carol 83]

Nice, I had one of those for a while, left it out one night and it froze.

Thanks I got it off the clearance rack at Lowes for $4.50. I was going to use it for the contest, until I saw it bloom. This ones going in for the winter.

 

[Wilson]

End of season blooms on a Pieris "Mountain Fire" I also wanted to ask all of you flower fans about cutting this one back. In the photos I shared you can see the smaller leaves below the larger top leaves. Is it ok to cut back to these smaller leaves, now that we are heading into dormant season? I ask, because I am not well versed with these types of flowering trees. I read that people treat them like azaleas, but that still leaves me asking the same question. I don't have experience with azaleas either... @Mellow Mullet any advice? I know you have great success with your azaleas!
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[just.wing.it]

End of season blooms on a Pieris "Mountain Fire" I also wanted to ask all of you flower fans about cutting this one back. In the photos I shared you can see the smaller leaves below the larger top leaves. Is it ok to cut back to these smaller leaves, now that we are heading into dormant season? I ask, because I am not well versed with these types of flowering trees. I read that people treat them like azaleas, but that still leaves me asking the same question. I don't have experience with azaleas either... @Mellow Mullet any advice? I know you have great success with your azaleas!
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Niiiice

 

[petegreg]

The only info I look for in this case...Does a species flower on old or new wood? Pieris blooms on new wood so fall pruning shouldn't affect next season blooming.

 

[Chuah]

Surprised to find my Huang hybrid azalea, Huang 3-7-22, pushing out flowers this time of the year. I got seedling of this hybrid about a month ago. It is supposed to bloom in May!View attachment 123568 View attachment 123568

 

[Wilson]

The only info I look for in this case...Does a species flower on old or new wood? Pieris blooms on new wood so fall pruning shouldn't affect next season blooming.

Thanks dude, nice to have a quick response! This really is a wonderful forum, I appreciate how all of us from different corners of the world can share our passion for nature.

 

[petegreg]

Thanks dude, nice to have a quick response! This really is a wonderful forum, I appreciate how all of us from different corners of the world can share our passion for nature.

Sometimes we should correct our posts, so here we go. Take my previous post as a very general rule, please...
Pieris is similar to azaleas. It means they should be pruned right after blooming. New flower buds develop in summer. But it blooms in spring. But if your posted pictures are actual, and its blooms have just faded, you can prune now. And it means it blooms on old wood, found wrong list before, I apologize.

 

[Wilson]

Sometimes we should correct our posts, so here we go. Take my previous post as a very general rule, please...
Pieris is similar to azaleas. It means they should be pruned right after blooming. New flower buds develops in summer. But it blooms in spring. But if your posted pictures are actual, and its blooms have just faded, you can prune now. And it means it blooms on old wood, found wrong list before, I apologize.

Great! I did just remove the flowers before taking the photos of the leaves, so it makes sense what you are saying.

 

[petegreg]

Thanks for understanding. But why did it have flowers so late?

 

[petegreg]

Great! I did just remove the flowers before taking the photos of the leaves, so it makes sense what you are saying.

Just this saying: All's well that ends well.