New englanders who are growing Southern Magnolias
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Camellias in Southern New England
Comments (1)There are many hardy camellias available now thanks to breeding efforts of Dr. Ackerman. They are basically divided into two categories: fall(winter) blooming and spring blooming. Despite their roots and branches hardiness (to -20/25F) there are two major challenges you have to overcome in 6b: -flower buds are less hardy than plant itself, and -foliage easily got burned during the winter/early spring. The very first obstacle you could easily overcome by choosing fall(winter) blooming cultivars. Their names contains words 'Snow', 'Winter' or 'Frost' and they bloom from late September till December from flower buds developed during current season, so overwintering them is not an issue. To overcome a second issue camellias have to be planted in position where they'll be protected from the winter sun, at least in a first half of the day. In a practical terms in most cases it means N or NW exposure. On another side, such exposure may not provide enough sun during the growing period to develop abundance of flowering buds and also will delay bloom's starting time. I grow 'Winter Rose' in such position for 3 years already and while it is well alive and blooming (in early November), I can't say I'm very happy neither with its performance nor with its general impact to the garden. Good luck Here is a link that might be useful: Cold hardy camellias...See MoreGrowing Texas Bluebonnets in southern New England
Comments (19)Looking good. I know what it's like to want to grow and flower something so bad, you will go to almost any extreme to pull it off. Great job! Are you now ready for another Texas wildflower that's a little higher on the difficulty scale? Like say Texas Paintbrush? I wanted to grow the Paintbrush,but after the difficulty I had trying to grow Bluebonnets, I opted out for a more northerly Castilleja species. That attempt did not work out too well. They are semi-parasitic plants and growing them is tricky. Now the pink primroses in Texas, Oenothera speciosa. They are fairly easy. I live in Illinois,40 miles south of Chicago. Wanted to get some native blue Lupinus perrine plants this spring,but they were sold out everywhere. Have some seeds for it. They sure look like genuine Texas Bluebonnets to me....See MorePlease help identify prickly vine #5a located in Southern New England
Comments (1)Yet another bramble. Rubus species....See MoreSouthern Magnolia vs Audubon Southern Magnolia
Comments (17)I used an allée of Magnolia grandifloras in order to create a privacy wall (NJ/Zone 7a/b). The ones in the picture are Edith Bogues, but further down there is Majestic Beauty and Victorias. I would say that in my area, heavy WET snows are more commonly experienced than ice storm event (those are rather rare). These varieties have been fine with the deepest and heaviest snows. They were about 2.5 feet tall when I planted them (some 15 years ago), now they are three stories tall. Over the years, there were some branches damaged that eventually regrew and filled in the canopy. The more vertically growing ones (ALTA) were horrible with snow issues, and they were cut down, or BLOWN down by wind. The wide-sprawling ones were fine with both wind and snow, again, I can't speak for ICE storm conditions, those are vicious on even deciduous trees! It's funny, I had never noticed it before, but for some reason my Majestic Beauty, and Victorias are all single-trunked, my Edith Bogues are both vigorously multiple trunking (almost reminding me of tropical banyan trees), and for the life of me, I have no idea why....See Morerockman50
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