Abelia chinensis
Re: Mystery plant
Nicola
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Hi Karen, we re-posted your question into our 'identify a plant' forum here.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Posted: Saturday 11th of April 2020 12:42 PM
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Can anyone identify this mystery plant please? It is about 5ft high and used as a hedge in my village. Its really fragrant ?
Thank you!
Thank you!
Posted: Saturday 11th of April 2020 11:11 AM Last reply: Friday 28th of February 2025 09:06 PM
Re: Identification
Carol
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It looks to me like a Weigela - Weigela florida rosea maybe?
Posted: Monday 1st of October 2018 05:33 PM
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Does anybody know what this is? It is growing a friends new houve in South Carolina ,US and is FLOWERING nos in September. It might grow in the UK as well. Thanks.
Posted: Monday 1st of October 2018 01:45 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 03:00 AM
Re: Can you identify this climber?
Shoot User
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Hi John, a follower on our social media thinks it is Stephanotis floribunda. You can see more here; https://https://www.shootgardening.com/plant/stephanotis-floribunda
Posted: Friday 14th of July 2017 01:09 PM
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Any idea what this plant and fruit is? A climber in southern Spain.
Posted: Thursday 13th of July 2017 08:02 AM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 03:39 AM
Re: Squirrel eat Camellia buds
Shoot User
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No come across that - but not surprised either
I'm guessing you have oak tree near you and if like the ones by me they didn't produce many acorns last Autumn (which is a natural thing for the number to vary significantly)then I guess they are short of food and on survival mode.
I'm guessing you have oak tree near you and if like the ones by me they didn't produce many acorns last Autumn (which is a natural thing for the number to vary significantly)then I guess they are short of food and on survival mode.
Posted: Friday 21st of April 2017 05:56 PM
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Why do squirrels eat camellia flower buds? they nearly eaten all the flowers buds off my pink flowers camellia is there a way to stop them ?
Thanks John
Thanks John
Posted: Tuesday 18th of April 2017 03:40 PM Last reply: Monday 31st of March 2025 11:22 AM
Re: Re: GA-3
Dave Jones
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Hi Chris,
Thanks for your reply. I actually posted this in December 2012 and posted it in the wrong forum.
I obtained GA-3 from Plants-a-Float.co.uk last year and have used it with variable results. It certainly gives good results with old seed. I found a packet of Lobelia tupa seeds that were about 10 years old. After soaking half the seeds in GA-3 for 24 hours, I sowed them and got over 80% germination. The other half didn't germinate at all!.
But other results were not so good. Some seed that requires stratification didn't germinate if soaked in GA-3 and not given the chilling treatment (Astrantia being a good example.)
My conclusions are that, if you want good germination, sow fresh seed! A batch of Thalictrum seed germinated (without either stratification or GA-3) having been harvested from a plant in my garden and sowed straight away. They were placed in a propagator at 20?C and were up in 4 days!
Thanks for your reply. I actually posted this in December 2012 and posted it in the wrong forum.
I obtained GA-3 from Plants-a-Float.co.uk last year and have used it with variable results. It certainly gives good results with old seed. I found a packet of Lobelia tupa seeds that were about 10 years old. After soaking half the seeds in GA-3 for 24 hours, I sowed them and got over 80% germination. The other half didn't germinate at all!.
But other results were not so good. Some seed that requires stratification didn't germinate if soaked in GA-3 and not given the chilling treatment (Astrantia being a good example.)
My conclusions are that, if you want good germination, sow fresh seed! A batch of Thalictrum seed germinated (without either stratification or GA-3) having been harvested from a plant in my garden and sowed straight away. They were placed in a propagator at 20?C and were up in 4 days!
Posted: Sunday 23rd of March 2014 08:38 PM
Re: GA-3
Shoot User
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Hi There
Just thought I would reply to you about this as I found it fascinating. You can buy GA-3 on sites such as eBay from the US. They sell packets of it on there for hobbyists.
Hope this helps and good luck with it
Just thought I would reply to you about this as I found it fascinating. You can buy GA-3 on sites such as eBay from the US. They sell packets of it on there for hobbyists.
Hope this helps and good luck with it
Posted: Friday 21st of March 2014 01:36 PM
GA-3
Dave Jones
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I have always used my fridge, with varing success for seeds that need stratification, keeping strict records of my sowing regimes (a throwback from my botanic garden days). When surfing around the web to obtain information on the different requirements of seeds to get them to germinate, I came across an article about Gibberellic Acid and how scientists in Japan have developed GA-3, a powder that, when mixed with water, makes a solution that can be used to break the dormancy of seeds that require "a winter", thus negating the need for stratification. Apparently it can also be used on old seeds to get them to germinate.
Has anyone else come across GA-3 and is it available to amateur gardeners or is it just for the trade?
Has anyone else come across GA-3 and is it available to amateur gardeners or is it just for the trade?
Posted: Friday 21st of December 2012 11:23 AM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 01:11 AM
Re: Evergreen or Deciduous?
Shoot User
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many thanks.
Posted: Friday 7th of January 2011 01:35 AM
Re: Evergreen or Deciduous?
Kathy N
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Hi, Maggie,
Abelia chinensis is deciduous, behaving semi-evergreen in areas with mild winters.
Kathy C
Abelia chinensis is deciduous, behaving semi-evergreen in areas with mild winters.
Kathy C
Posted: Thursday 6th of January 2011 08:55 PM
Evergreen or Deciduous?
Shoot User
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In your description of Abelia chinensis you state that it is evergreen and then that it is deciduous. Which is correct?
Posted: Tuesday 4th of January 2011 04:11 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 04:40 AM