Mock orange bush ??

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Sliverfox

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Northwest PA. Fifty miles south of Lake Erie.
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Anyone else have one?

Ours seems to bloom in the middle.
When I got the plants there were 2,,planted them apart from each other.

My thoughts are that you need 2 plants, male & female to get them to bloom.
Ours didn't start blooming for several years.

This one has double blooms.
The one my grand father had was single booms.

When we started flower beds here,, I did try to start with flowers from my parents gardens.
Fox glove,, sweet William,, lilies.
 

It's always very nice, if one can continue any plants from other dear ones' gardens of the past, as you wrote about doing, Sliverfox.

That flowering shrub looks good, and sounds like a very nice plant, too,
and I'm glad it finally does bloom, after your years of patience!
It's Very nice to see the picture and to hear about it.:)
 
I wonder if it might have bloomed any sooner, if you'd have had the 2 plants nearer to each other..... so there could have been more cross-pollination, done by the small, natural, flying pollinators.

I have no idea, but it's very interesting to ponder. :cool::unsure::geek::)
 
I recently moved from Florida to rural Kentucky and had to rehome all my plants. The one I mourn most is my staghorn fern - she wouldn't have survived in the latitude. The gal that adopted her will occasionally send me pics and the staghorn appears to be flourishing...
 
We sure do form attachments with the plants that we plant and/or tend, or watch and enjoy, for years,
and we miss some of the ones we can't move, when we move.

Were you able to bring any houseplant with you, SmoothSeas?
 
alas, no - but I did keep and tote some of my vintage flower pots - recently planted some herbs and catnip seeds and everything is starting to germinate - keeping my fingers crossed for a bountiful harvest...
 
I find that it feels good, after a move especially, but anytime,
when I get myself somehow, to restart, and to plant or tend some plant.
It adds interest to my days, for sure, and is a good feeling to nurture something, and to frequently watch how it changes and grows.

Feel free, if you'd like, to start a new thread, with pictures or descriptions of your vintage pots and your new plantings in them,
so we would watch along with you.:):geek:

Now that I think about it, and suggest it to you, :rolleyes:;)
I might just start a general one for posts like that, myself. ;):giggle::LOL::)
 
So now, .... ;) :LOL:

SmoothSeas, or anyone else reading this;

Feel free to either start your own thread, about your plants, :)

OR, feel free to add to the thread I just started ,
about Houseplants and Outdoor Container plants!:giggle::love:
 

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