For the third time since I planted it back in 2001, my garrya is blooming. The last time it bloomed was in 2007. Why the long pauses between flowering? Does it take so much
energy to flower that the plant can only muster up the guts to do so every few years? Or is there an environmental trigger, like early rain? We got 5 inches of rain in October, the last time we got such a large amount of early rainfall would have been back in 2005. Very mysterious.
Update 2012
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| Full bloom Feb5 2012. Lots more flowers than in 2010. Full bloom delayed due to our drought? Also bloomed beautifully in 2011, Full bloom was Jan 26, 2011. |
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