/community/2011/03/01/radermachera-summerscent/ local advice for local gardeners Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:20:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 /community/2011/03/01/radermachera-summerscent/comment-page-1/#comment-167 admin Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:24:04 +0000 /community/?p=214#comment-167 Gardening can be a complex harmony of so many variables such as soil, climate, nutrients, soil microflora and soil microfauna... one imbalance can disrupt the entire system. Gardening can also be a simple experience of planting, watering and caring for plants, then watching them grow, bloom and thrive. However we all tend to have problems with some plants, yet other plants grow well. If a plant looks healthy, is green and flowering, then what you are doing for plant husbandry is correct. You can speed up growth with high nitrogen fertiliser (or animal manures) but that will be at the expense of flowers. It is a decision you need to make. Gardening can be a complex harmony of so many variables such as soil, climate, nutrients, soil microflora and soil microfauna… one imbalance can disrupt the entire system.
Gardening can also be a simple experience of planting, watering and caring for plants, then watching them grow, bloom and thrive.
However we all tend to have problems with some plants, yet other plants grow well.
If a plant looks healthy, is green and flowering, then what you are doing for plant husbandry is correct.
You can speed up growth with high nitrogen fertiliser (or animal manures) but that will be at the expense of flowers. It is a decision you need to make.

]]> /community/2011/03/01/radermachera-summerscent/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Ivy Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:32:57 +0000 /community/?p=214#comment-166 I planted 7 of these trees along a bound fence last Feb and although they look healthy, green and flowering. The height hasn't improved greatly. Can you advise? I planted 7 of these trees along a bound fence last Feb and although they look healthy, green and flowering. The height hasn’t improved greatly. Can you advise?

]]> /community/2011/03/01/radermachera-summerscent/comment-page-1/#comment-76 admin Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:30:15 +0000 /community/?p=214#comment-76 Hi Alex, I rarely drive along that road so please keep us informed if this is the plant. Hi Alex, I rarely drive along that road so please keep us informed if this is the plant.

]]> /community/2011/03/01/radermachera-summerscent/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Alex Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:01:45 +0000 /community/?p=214#comment-73 Radermachera ‘Summerscent’ - I am wondering if this is the small trees planted along parts of Waterworks Road, Ashgrove. They make a showy display when in flower but not all trees flower to the same extent as others. I must stop sometime when passing to have a smell and see if they are fragrant as it is described. Radermachera ‘Summerscent’ – I am wondering if this is the small trees planted along parts of Waterworks Road, Ashgrove. They make a showy display when in flower but not all trees flower to the same extent as others. I must stop sometime when passing to have a smell and see if they are fragrant as it is described.

]]> /community/2011/03/01/radermachera-summerscent/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Rosemary Srinivasan Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:00:52 +0000 /community/?p=214#comment-70 I'm new to gardening in Australia and joined the Townsville Garden Club to learn what plants grow well here. I bought Radermachera from Bunnings last year, and so I was really pleased to read your praise for this lovely plant. I have it as a pot plant on the deck and it is currently flowering. I’m new to gardening in Australia and joined the Townsville Garden Club to learn what plants grow well here. I bought Radermachera from Bunnings last year, and so I was really pleased to read your praise for this lovely plant. I have it as a pot plant on the deck and it is currently flowering.

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