Sign of Spring? (flowers, fertilizing, Forsythia, magnolias)
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In the 60's today so we went out and lopped off a lot of branches on the backyard Crape Myrtle...got hardly any blooms last year, and it had a lot of suckers sprouting, so we gave it a big trim and haircut today and will hope for more flowers this year. Googled and found out I should have been fertilizing, too. My bad. Sorry Crape Myrtle, I'll feed you this year...
Location: somewhere close to Tampa, but closer to the beach
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LittleDolphin,
Doing exactly what you have to the crape Myrtles will promote more flowers..as well as a "thicker" overall appearance once the trees start growth in spring...
Crapes are just one of several tree/shrub species which push flowers on new growth as a pose to older growth..so, expect a good show later on
as for fertilizing..when the trees come out of dormancy..go ahead and feed them,just to help them get off to a good start..
The trees ive taken care of aren't fed all that often but do receive yearly hair cuts and always put on a great show once they start flowering in the summer...
Ooooh, pretty pictures, Paperhouse...makes me want to sing like a courting Cardinal (the bird,that is), and start gathering nesting materials...Spring has come to your corner of the world--tra la!!
Here in Denver I noticed many crocus' coming up in my xeriscaping. The only other sign of Spring - I think I heard a Mockingbird the other morning. And we've had Robins around our house all winter. Overall, it's been a decent winter in Denver and there's no snow on the ground. In about 3 weeks I'll fill the flower boxes with Pansies on the front porch.
It's been back and forth between warm and cold here. The Japanese Magnolias bloomed early as usual and then got zapped by a freeze.
My Asian pear is blooming, these will probably end up ruined.
Some woodland daffodils..
Red Maples are flowering too..
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