Posted by Pam Moore on March 2, 2010, 11:45 am
On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:26:55 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme
>After the cold winter our camellia has many more buds than usual.
>It looks like the bad winter may result in much better budding.
>Is this normal for camellia?
>Steve
More likely to be the wet summer. Buds are formed then, not in
winter. Mine too has a mass of healthy buds.
Pam in Bristol
Posted by Dave Hill on March 2, 2010, 1:07 pm
> On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:26:55 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme
> >After the cold winter our camellia has many more buds than usual.
> >It looks like the bad winter may result in much better budding.
> >Is this normal for camellia?
> >Steve
> More likely to be the wet summer. Buds are formed then, not in
> winter. Mine too has a mass of healthy buds.
> Pam in Bristol
I'm not sure about Camelias but the flower buds on a Rhododendron are
formed June/july of the preceding year, so if they dont get enough
water at that stage you dont get such good flowering the following
year, I would suspect the same is true for Camelias.
David Hill
Posted by Chris Hogg on March 2, 2010, 1:17 pm
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:07:16 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill
>> On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:26:55 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme
>>
>> >After the cold winter our camellia has many more buds than usual.
>>
>> >It looks like the bad winter may result in much better budding.
>>
>> >Is this normal for camellia?
>>
>> >Steve
>>
>> More likely to be the wet summer. Buds are formed then, not in
>> winter. Mine too has a mass of healthy buds.
>>
>> Pam in Bristol
>I'm not sure about Camelias but the flower buds on a Rhododendron are
>formed June/july of the preceding year, so if they dont get enough
>water at that stage you dont get such good flowering the following
>year, I would suspect the same is true for Camelias.
>David Hill
Camellias grown in pots certainly need plenty of water in summer to
early autumn if they are to flower well.
--
Chris
Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea.
Mild, but very exposed to salt gales
E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net
Posted by Charlie Pridham on March 3, 2010, 10:56 am
steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk says...
> After the cold winter our camellia has many more buds than usual.
>
> It looks like the bad winter may result in much better budding.
>
> Is this normal for camellia?
>
> Steve
>
>
Camellias need plenty of late summer sunshine (September/ October) to
initialize bud set, then a cold winter holds them back and you tend to
get a mass display
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea
Posted by Charlie Pridham on March 3, 2010, 10:56 am
steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk says...
> After the cold winter our camellia has many more buds than usual.
>
> It looks like the bad winter may result in much better budding.
>
> Is this normal for camellia?
>
> Steve
>
>
Should have added a wet summer helps as well!!
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea
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>It looks like the bad winter may result in much better budding.
>Is this normal for camellia?
>Steve