Question For the Plant People

[fureverywhere]

Sounds like we're aliens don't it? "The Plant People" Bwahahaha...But really a question. Late summer I planted something fragrant, can't recall what exactly and I thought it rooted before winter. Now in it's place is forsythia. There's a huge forsythia about six feet away. Does that spread? I mean it's just as pretty but I was curious.

 

[mattc]

It can layer itself and propagate that way.Snow or anything could catch a cane and hold it down into the soil and cause new roots near the tip of that cane.

 

[Debby]

Oh I never thought of it layering itself like that. Good point mattc. I was thinking a seed from the flowers maybe did manage to germinate.

 

[fureverywhere]

I'm okay with the forsythia, the mint plant became a nightmare. Warning to everyone...one mint plant will take over a whole yard. Keep them contained in a pot away from the ground...I'm serious, they can become "The Little Shop of Horrors" and spread for miles.

 

[Guitarist]

I love forsythia but have never worked with it.

I was given an amaryllis bulb and a pot and some potting mixture for Christmas. I planted it. It is now about 2' tall but has never bloomed. Any chance it might bloom later this year or next?

 

[Underock1]

Sounds like we're aliens don't it? "The Plant People" Bwahahaha...But really a question. Late summer I planted something fragrant, can't recall what exactly and I thought it rooted before winter. Now in it's place is forsythia. There's a huge forsythia about six feet away. Does that spread? I mean it's just as pretty but I was curious.

Oh wow! Forsythia! Yes, That spreads. In NJ, its one of the most common shrubs and used as a hedge plant by many. Its cheap and pretty, There are two kinds. An upright and a spreading. Beautiful in the Spring. Requires a lot of pruning unless you want to leave it in its natural form. That's its prettiest in my opinion, but takes a lot of room.

 

[Underock1]

I love forsythia but have never worked with it.

I was given an amaryllis bulb and a pot and some potting mixture for Christmas. I planted it. It is now about 2' tall but has never bloomed. Any chance it might bloom later this year or next?

They can take a while. Don't know when you planted it. If its Two feet it should certainly have a bud ready to go by now. We used to do them.
If it doesn't bloom, you might e able to research it and save it for next year. We always tossed ours.