Hi folks!
Google isn't letting me follow up to the thread I started back in
January, which is here:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.gardens/browse_frm/thread /fc7ae1e794c492af/d89d2f4358863b98?q=Ladasky&rnum=1#d89d 2f4358863b98
I wrote about my attempts to get a lavender, and then a quince, to grow
at a troublesome location. Concerning the quince, I wrote:
> I'm actually not sure that the quince is dead
> yet -- but it lost about 95% of its leaves in late summer, which was
> far too early, even as turgor in the remaining leaves was still good.
> It isn't setting buds right now, which it should be doing.
Well, time was my friend. By mid-March I saw new buds on a few
branches. I decided to see how much, if any, of the plant was still
alive. The answer is, all of it! It is fuller and bushier than ever.
It finished flowering a few weeks ago.
I really wasn't expecting six full months of dormancy, especially here
in coastal California (USDA zone 9, Sunset Zone 16). Is this typical
of quinces? How do you suggest that I manage this plant as the summer
comes on?
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