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Post by grindle on May 15, 2012 7:09:04 GMT
it looks like my Hamamelis Jelena has expired. it behaved erratically and flowered in the autumn with yellow flowers, then struggled to flower in late winter with the orange flowers, the leaf buds formed, but that was as far as it went, now it's just a dead looking shrub. Do you reckon the last 2 winters finally took their toll ?
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Post by Rosie on May 15, 2012 7:41:36 GMT
Oh thats a shame Grindle, i have always fancied a Jelena but the price has put me off  |
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Post by Cherry on May 15, 2012 8:53:22 GMT
I take it you have scratched the bark to see if it is green. Some of my shrubs are very, very late because of the weather. You would hardly believe that the Jasminum officinale looks completely dead when these are so hardy, unless you look closely and see that some of the shoots have 1/2" furled leaves. The daphne bholua is behaving like your Hamamelis and the new leaves are only 1/4" long. I gave it a feed of bone meal and it is getting more time. This is because I love it as much as you love your Hamamelis.
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Post by grindle on May 16, 2012 4:41:40 GMT
yes I've done that Cherry and you can see that although there is some green it is most definately starting to go brown. The other 2 I have are now in full leaf, I'll take a photo later
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Post by Cherry on May 16, 2012 7:44:20 GMT
Grindle, I have noticed that when I can't really tell if it is green wood or brown, it is usually the latter, especially now when it should be bright green as sap starts to rise. I might photograph my poor Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill' too just to keep your Hamamelis company.
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Post by grindle on May 17, 2012 4:16:35 GMT
  this is it Cherry  it will have to stay there now until the autumn as there is too much growing around it, I will have to find something that will grow better in the area |
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Post by Fractal on May 17, 2012 7:07:45 GMT
That is a shame grindle. Oh well, think of it as an opportunity for a replacement, same or otherwise....
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Post by Cherry on May 17, 2012 10:41:38 GMT
If it has to stay for a while, at least it is getting time to spark up.
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Post by esther on May 17, 2012 10:50:02 GMT
What a shame Grindle I hate it when a plant dies in our garden. |
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Post by sweetpea on May 18, 2012 19:27:13 GMT
What a shame Grindle I hate it when a plant dies in our garden. Just what I was about to say but esther beat me to it. Plants do have a habit of coming and going in a garden so when one is lost I tend to be philosophical about it and start thinking what to replace it with. |
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Post by grindle on May 19, 2012 4:24:34 GMT
you're quite right SP, not much I can do about it, but now I have a place for my snowdrop tree in the autumn ;D
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