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Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 2:09 pm
by melbrackstone
Just a quick snap....how confused must this tree be? It's still hot and sultry here, well over 30°C AND Autumn.... and there are flowers, and lots of buds.... (and grasshoppers.)
Should I be concerned?
Re: Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 2:16 pm
by wal
Very cool...
I took a mulberry cutting a month ago and now it's in flower
Seems to be not to uncommon
Regards
Wal
Re: Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 2:46 pm
by KIRKY
Plums and cherries flowering here too, came across a grasshopper this morning also. The rotter was too fast for me
Cheers
Kirky
Re: Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 3:18 pm
by Max
one of my M. Linariifolia snow in summer is in flower

Re: Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 3:37 pm
by Mbunro
my bougy finally put out a couple of flowers last week too.
better late than never i guess
Re: Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 5:10 pm
by melbrackstone
@Wal I have fruit still on my Mulberry, I don't find that so surprising, but the pear is *supposed* to flower in Spring.
@Kirky do you generally get flowers on Plums and Cherries at this time?
Seems like the Summer flowering plants are still keeping on, because of the heat, and the Spring flowering plants are confused about the weather as well...
@no idea - I guess at least it IS flowering, even if it's late.
My bougy has also just started, @Mbunro... weird.
Re: Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 7:26 pm
by Beano
My bougies flower all the time, I must be neglecting them
Re: Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 7:50 pm
by melbrackstone
My bougies flower all the time, I must be neglecting them
I dream of having a bougy that flowers year round! I'll see if neglect can make a difference.

Re: Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 7:55 pm
by tgward
what I thought was a " manchurian pear" has leaves that look nothing like that-and has not flowered - I have some investigation to do--
Re: Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 8:06 pm
by melbrackstone
what I thought was a " manchurian pear" has leaves that look nothing like that-and has not flowered - I have some investigation to do--
I'm just going on the label that was on it....I did buy it at a country market, so I guess it could be anything, lol!
It flowered last Spring, when it had lost its leaves... so not at all sure what's going on with it now.
Re: Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 8:10 pm
by melbrackstone
Manchurian-pear-leaves.jpg
http://www.smalltreefarm.com.au/Ornamen ... -Tree.html
These look like similar leaves to mine, only much less knocked around....
Re: Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 8:31 pm
by kcpoole
My bougies flower from about late feb thru to mid summer mostly
Ken
Re: Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 8:37 pm
by melbrackstone
My bougies flower from about late feb thru to mid summer mostly
I must admit, there are plenty growing in my area that are flowering heavily, and yet when I drove through the Botanical Gardens at Toowong on Monday, their huge bougy section was mostly bereft of bracts...
I should go get cuttings off those that are flowering...

Re: Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 9:11 pm
by wal
I've got a hawaiian torch bougainvillea that flowers almost all year
Regards
Wal
Re: Manchurian pear flowering in April?
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 9:13 pm
by melbrackstone
I've got a hawaiian torch bougainvillea that flowers almost all year
Sounds like it might make a good bonsai then!
