The Joy of Gardening

MsTinkerbelly · 03-30-2017, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Chad

My morning glorys look great and are blooming. The cilantro is about an inch tall and looks great. The 4'o'clocks are not productive yet.

The peach tree has started blooming. Yay!

Lastly, the Dewberry vines have new berries growing. Yay!

I can't get my peach trees to fruit...any suggestions?

MsTinkerbelly · 03-30-2017, 12:41 PM

The weather has been so different in California this year, that my citrus and peach trees are already flowering, and my Japanese Empress tree is already growing leafs instead of blooms!

The Japanese empress loses all leafs in the late fall, grows beautiful flowers at the tip of all the branches in spring, and then grows large elephant sized leafs in summer/fall. Right now I have large green leafs, and a few of the branches have flowers.

Because of the early blooms, the bees are barely buzzing, and I haven't seen the big carpenter bees around the empress tree at all.

I am seriously worried about the lack of bees...I have maybe 10 honey bees buzzing my fruit trees! Last year there were so many I would have to close my door to get some quiet.

Our food supply is in serious jeopardy without bees!

MsTinkerbelly · 03-30-2017, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by MsTinkerbelly

The weather has been so different in California this year, that my citrus and peach trees are already flowering, and my Japanese Empress tree is already growing leafs instead of blooms!

The Japanese empress loses all leafs in the late fall, grows beautiful flowers at the tip of all the branches in spring, and then grows large elephant sized leafs in summer/fall. Right now I have large green leafs, and a few of the branches have flowers.

Because of the early blooms, the bees are barely buzzing, and I haven't seen the big carpenter bees around the empress tree at all.

I am seriously worried about the lack of bees...I have maybe 10 honey bees buzzing my fruit trees! Last year there were so many I would have to close my door to get some quiet.

Our food supply is in serious jeopardy without bees!

Sorry I kept writing leafs and not leaves...after a while nothing looked right!

Chad · 03-30-2017, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MsTinkerbelly

I can't get my peach trees to fruit...any suggestions?

How old is your peach tree? Has it every produced peaches?

MsTinkerbelly · 03-30-2017, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Chad

How old is your peach tree? Has it every produced peaches?

I'm not sure, they were here when we bought the house 2 years ago. If I had to guess, they look like older trees.

Chad · 03-30-2017, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MsTinkerbelly

I'm not sure, they were here when we bought the house 2 years ago. If I had to guess, they look like older trees.

Hmm...sounds like a research project. Fun!

Chad · 04-01-2017, 05:12 PM

I bought two Lantana plants to replace the ones I lost to a freeze. I showed great restraint in the garden department today.

Chad · 04-14-2017, 07:00 AM

Does anyone else inherit plants? I am wondering if this is normal or if my family is a little odd.

It seems that my grandmother's plants are a prized possession.

Today I will plant Irises and salvia.

Soft*Silver · 04-14-2017, 11:43 AM

when I lost my family farm, I lost all my grandmother's plants. She had roses, perrennials like poppies, solomons seal, etc. and seeding hollyhocks and four o clocks. We had acquired many of them and had them robustly growing on the farm. I had to leave it all behind. It made my heart sorrow even more so.

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Originally Posted by Chad

Does anyone else inherit plants? I am wondering if this is normal or if my family is a little odd.

It seems that my grandmother's plants are a prized possession.

Today I will plant Irises and salvia.

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MsTinkerbelly Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: ... Preferred Pronoun?: ... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ... Posts: 6,573 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,737 Thanked 22,901 Times in 5,017 Posts Rep Power: 0	The weather has been so different in California this year, that my citrus and peach trees are already flowering, and my Japanese Empress tree is already growing leafs instead of blooms! The Japanese empress loses all leafs in the late fall, grows beautiful flowers at the tip of all the branches in spring, and then grows large elephant sized leafs in summer/fall. Right now I have large green leafs, and a few of the branches have flowers. Because of the early blooms, the bees are barely buzzing, and I haven't seen the big carpenter bees around the empress tree at all. I am seriously worried about the lack of bees...I have maybe 10 honey bees buzzing my fruit trees! Last year there were so many I would have to close my door to get some quiet. Our food supply is in serious jeopardy without bees!