Friday 20 September 2013

Lornicera/Honeysuckle and Non-Stop Begonia

My honeysuckle is blooming....but not as prolifically as the plant we had left when we moved to this house we are staying in now..... nor is the fragrance as strong...well this is an immigrant from England which a friend took home when she completed her PhD there..... i thought that it would acclimatize quickly.....since i used to have the same cultivar which usually bloomed so much more prolifically.... but up to date i have been disappointed....ohh the growth is vigorous...i am just disappointed that it has not been a prolific bloomer....YET.





Actually this friend of mine brought over 3 different cultivars....one is this one that is blooming, another refused to acclimatize and has died...while another i very nearly lost ...but managed to save a 'cutting'....it is the Goldflame honeysuckle.... which is slower still to acclimatize.... i am not sure if it ever will.... i am just thankful that i have not lost it completely...though the original 'immigrant' died...the cutting i saved...it is not really a cutting...it was a division of the original plant...a division with some roots which i cut off from the original and planted in another pot.....anyway it is a very slow grower.....will it ever bloom...only time will tell......

Meanwhile, my two non-stop Begonias have not stopped blooming... really love their bright colour....



2 comments:

  1. try to grow no- stop begonia from seed, non germinate.

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  2. errrmmm... u can buy the plants.... Sg Buloh banyak..... errmmm r u free 2moro... m going to KB...may make a stop at Bachok...can bring u d L iris rhizome.....

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