I was reading somewhere about fall blooming camelia. Quite a few were planted along a community trail but after the first two years they never bloomed again. I wondered if there was too much shade or the deer ate the buds before they had a chance to bloom. I always thought the plants were summer bloomers.
I've seen it before but most of mine are under a heavy layer of leaves until spring. I'll have to take a peek and see if any of mine have done the same. My ground may still be frozen though even without the leaves protecting the gardens.
Probably the 70deg daytime temps and 50+deg lows we had 2 weeks ago. I can’t believe freezing temps haven’t fried them already.
Looking it up, that is a late winter blooming tree (February), so it is a bit on the early side. Since it is a zone 4 plant, I doubt a "cold snap" in NC will do much to it.
I have never had any luck with roses. Well, that isn't true, at my old place, I did have a couple of old fashion roses, such as Armide (an alba) that did well. I just hated that they only bloomed once per year - and it was always during a rainy period where the blooms would open just to ball up and turn ugly. Old time rugosas also did well - and it was hard to contain them when they started to get ambitious so I learned my lesson there. All other roses, that survived the first winter, would stay alive for a 3-4 years but were obviously on the decline after the first or second year before finally giving up the ghost. I tried all kinds, some grafted and some not, from all different breeders /distributors/sources (ie, not just Jackson & Perkins and not just from local stores). I even tried Knock Out roses, although I really don't care for them in general, and they did nothing but struggle. When I moved here I planted a couple of roses in front of the house when I took out the cedars that were beside the porch. I also put a couple in huge pots. One of the the roses planted next to the stairs lived (aka struggled) for about 3 years. So I gave up. Oh, did I mention that I'm not into fussing with plants, which I'm sure is part of the reason for the issues I've had. I still get catalogs from Edmunds' Roses every January, and I look and drool. Well, it's been 5-6 years since I last tried (have I really been here 9 years??). Maybe it's time to try again.
We had a tenant plant a rose bush by the carport many, many years ago. Neglected and ignored but it thrives. I have to cut it back every year as it grows higher than the house. I think it is a grandiflora of some sort. Looking it up, I find that they are suppose to grow to 5 feet. This one doesn't know that.
Sounds like a climber to me - or it could just be so happy there that it's overachieving. What kind is it?
I have no idea of the variety name. It is pale pink similar to the Queen Elizabeth rose. I had planted a Queen Elizabeth climber on the other end of the same bed but it didn't do anything in the way of blooms, just branches. We pulled it out and I have a Queen Elizabeth grandiflora there now. It still doesn't perform like the nameless one. My mother had a red rose of some kind that was being swallowed up by her garden. Last summer we realized it has climbed her holly tree and now blooms about 30 ft up in the holly tree.
Man, your winters are shorter than Alaskan summers We've got a nice warm spell up here too. If not for the snow cover, I'm sure the flowers would start breaking the surface by tomorrow.
Got a cool down Sunday Monday, but I’d expect to see cherries and red maples blooming next week if not tomorrow. I’ll be putting out seed pots next weekend.
I just took a walk outside and one of the red maples overhanging the warm parking lot here is starting to bud. They're not going to like the mid teens in a few days.
Mom's garden has crocuses blooming and a Christmas rose. Snowdrops have been out for quite some time. Her yard faces south so catches any of the sun that shows its face. her Christmas rose Helleborus niger (Christmas Rose)
