ABCarve
Masterpiece
Gee, I wonder where from.
Might it be wood fired?
Hmmmm. Don’t think so......this time . I’m looking for the purple haze and not 50 shades of brown.
Gee, I wonder where from.
Might it be wood fired?
Hmmmm. Don’t think so......this time . I’m looking for the purple haze and not 50 shades of brown.
Ah, Purple Haze. I never get too much of that.I’m looking for the purple haze and not 50 shades of brown.
Agreed, you don't see many nice purple pots, that's why I love my @sorce one SO much. I think I may have found the tree for it.Ah, Purple Haze. I never get too much of that.
There are also not enough purple pots.
Nice tree, looks like it wants to be pruned/wired though.This year’s winter silhouette. New pot coming this spring.View attachment 272468
Yours looks good, @ABCarve, especially in that pot of yours!I normally don’t repot this early but the flower buds were starting to extend so I took the opportunity. Pruned 50% or more of flower buds off cutting it back but last year 50% of them didn’t develop. Not sure why..... maybe it will only support so many and that’s that. @Osoyoung got any thoughts? View attachment 288695
That could very well be true. I’ll have to pay closer attention as they develop.Yours looks good, @ABCarve, especially in that pot of yours!
The whole flowering thing is quite mysterious to me. But in brief, I dunno why.
My understanding is that flower buds in 'all' woody species are set sometime after the summer solstice. Once a vegetative bud had morphed into a flower bud it never goes back. So, my only thoughts are that maybe you mistook vegetative buds to be flower buds. Otherwise, a flower bud that doesn't develop would be one that was abandoned --> desiccated and dropped off.
btw, I picked up a not-so healthy one of these on sale last fall. I repotted it about two weeks ago and it has two flowers! I'll be watching more closely!
I actually should refer to it as Corylopsis. I catch grief about using the “hazel” for this and witch hazel (hamamelis) from the Europeans.Looks great. Been after a Corylopsis for a while.
My understanding is that flower buds in 'all' woody species are set sometime after the summer solstice. Once a vegetative bud had morphed into a flower bud it never goes back. So, my only thoughts are that maybe you mistook vegetative buds to be flower buds. Otherwise, a flower bud that doesn't develop would be one that was abandoned --> desiccated and dropped off.
btw, I picked up a not-so healthy one of these on sale last fall. I repotted it about two weeks ago and it has two flowers! I'll be watching more closely!
I was just looking at mine and have noticed that the only buds I can see right now are fat buds at branch tips and they are all flowers! Enough are now cracked and showing yellow to convince me that every one of them are indeed flowers. I don't see a sign of anything that would be a vegetative bud - later maybe.That could very well be true. I’ll have to pay closer attention as they develop.
I was just looking at mine and have noticed that the only buds I can see right now are fat buds at branch tips and they are all flowers! Enough are now cracked and showing yellow to convince me that every one of them are indeed flowers. I don't see a sign of anything that would be a vegetative bud - later maybe.
As I remember the leaf will emerge from the base of the flowers. I don’t remember how a purely vegetative bud develops.I was just looking at mine and have noticed that the only buds I can see right now are fat buds at branch tips and they are all flowers! Enough are now cracked and showing yellow to convince me that every one of them are indeed flowers. I don't see a sign of anything that would be a vegetative bud - later maybe.
Wow! My flowers are still extending...must be the climate.....its snowing here now!! Do you know if your flowers get longer?
They didn't get as long as a quarter of an inch before dropping petals as leaves emerged. This one of mine is a neglected corylopsis pauciflora ('buttercup') that I'm trying to nurse back to health. I think flowers and leaves are inherently smaller than spicata.Do you know if your flowers get longer?
Ah -ha! Now I know why the one I have in the ground doesn't extend. Thanks!They didn't get as long as a quarter of an inch before dropping petals as leaves emerged. This one of mine is a neglected corylopsis pauciflora ('buttercup') that I'm trying to nurse back to health. I think flowers and leaves are inherently smaller than spicata.
Not in that pot !late June ant then it just looks like another shrub.