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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
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 Posted - 01/03/2009 : 11:59:39
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just kinda starting MA, and only the one flowered this year  Oh well always next year 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 01/03/2009 : 18:44:02
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I have one that has never flowered Cheryl it over 2 mts tall and just as wide and a very thick plant as well I am beginning to think it will never flower on the nine new branches it has..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 02/03/2009 : 04:51:55
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A couple of our bigger frangis that are growing strongly don't flower much... putting too much effort into growing... and they don't get fed. I'd rather go for growth at this stage anyway, plenty of time for flowers when they get big enough.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2009 : 07:29:07
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This one is big Gail and very big long leaves on it too, thick branches and the thickest trunk I have seen on a plant that age.
Its pretty and so different.. Have a look http://www.plumeriagallery.com/catalog_i6254315.html?catId=248096
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2009 : 08:10:53
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I dont feel so bad now 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2009 : 08:13:02
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Really pretty one
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2009 : 06:45:46
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I love the pink around the edges of the petals its so different to all my others..
Cheryl forget what I said about feeding the Frangipani, I did a lot of reading last night and apparently they like a bit of food its just so confusing some sites say feed a lot, or they wont grow the multiple stems so they can flower, sunlight is another thing they need to be in the sun all the time especially in the cooler climates.
So I am going to feed mine when they get that new growth in Mid Spring, Mid Summer, and perhaps mid Autumn as I have noticed since I started feeding them especially the Darwin Yellow that they have grown so much more.. I feel they need all the help they can get while young due to the bad soil we have in this garden, where the locals dumped their rubbish for twenty years.
I dont feed the tall white or one of the large Fruit Salad plants, though some of the smaller FS dont seem to be growing at all and have been in three years same as a couple of the pinks, planted in out of the way places they miss out on lots of things..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2009 : 08:06:41
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thanks for that MA, will feed mine in the next few weeks with a bit of slow release fert and again when the new growth appears for next season
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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New Frangipani..