tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post6324934572348675314..comments2024-03-19T07:05:39.186-05:00Comments on In the Garden: Bewitching Witch Hazels-January's Plant of the Monthtinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-33074223634644528482008-01-18T06:12:00.000-06:002008-01-18T06:12:00.000-06:00I am sorry I was so technical. Helps ME to underst...I am sorry I was so technical. Helps ME to understand better. I will take some cuttings of mine and root them. Hopefully they will take and one is yours. The pollinator you plant has to be one which blooms when Cardinal Candy blooms. Not all viburnums bloom the same time. I am pretty sure my Mt Airy will work great since it is also in the dilatum family. It is a flat head bloom which smells tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-70876490625391242008-01-17T20:22:00.000-06:002008-01-17T20:22:00.000-06:00Tina, Thanks ever so much, this garden "stuff" can...Tina, Thanks ever so much, this garden "stuff" can really get complicated. I'm too old to retain all this! I will plant another one. I just didn't find the right web sight. you can get a cutting off mine when we get together this Spring/summer. I am not usually sucessful with starting a cutting, but will try. I could use some instructions in this also. Again thanks!!!Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06844563083948984664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-46164239134293345532008-01-17T19:33:00.000-06:002008-01-17T19:33:00.000-06:00Nina,I have done some research on the viburnums. H...Nina,<BR/>I have done some research on the viburnums. Here is what I have found out. Frances may know more and can add as she is able to, but here is my input on pollinators.<BR/><BR/>According to Dirr, viburnums are in the family Caprifoliaceae. This is important to understand what type of flowers the plant has. This family has both male and female parts (stamen and pistil) on its flowers on onetinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-8027332940310032462008-01-17T18:53:00.000-06:002008-01-17T18:53:00.000-06:00Hi Frances,Nice of you to stop in. Diane is a popu...Hi Frances,<BR/>Nice of you to stop in. Diane is a popular cultivar of witch hazel and sounds like you know it well. Did you water it last summer? I rarely watered mine and they both bloomed fine. But it is true they grow slow. That is fine with me. <BR/><BR/>Frances can be found at: http://www.fairegarden.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>She has a beautiful garden and very informative blog.tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-62854302629754037722008-01-17T14:03:00.000-06:002008-01-17T14:03:00.000-06:00Frances, are you saying the viburnum cardinal cand...Frances, are you saying the viburnum cardinal candy needs a pollenator? I didn't read this in the catalog, or on any web site I looked at. ThanksNinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06844563083948984664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-50206475318603244432008-01-17T12:45:00.000-06:002008-01-17T12:45:00.000-06:00Happy to see your post about witch hazel, one of m...Happy to see your post about witch hazel, one of my favorite tree/shrubs. I have the orange one, Diane, it blooms a little later than the yellow. It was ordered from Wayside five or six years ago and has grown extremely slowly. I have read that they need adequate water during dry periods and noticed they bloom on previous years's growth. Lack of water last year meant little new growth on manyFrances,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03616568389165362993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-50821274012778310432008-01-16T22:02:00.000-06:002008-01-16T22:02:00.000-06:00Hi Skeeter! Good to hear from you. I checked my em...Hi Skeeter! Good to hear from you. I checked my email message before I checked the blog so I got an answer to my question about the fans. Have fun cleaning them. Sometimes chemical rust removers or converters work good. The Saint should know about them as Mr. Fix-it does with all the cars they work on.<BR/><BR/>I know the Purple Queen as Secretia (sp). I grew it in 06 but it did not come back tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-23385232621652947962008-01-16T16:40:00.000-06:002008-01-16T16:40:00.000-06:00Hey Jean, I checked in yesterday, just did not wri...Hey Jean, I checked in yesterday, just did not write. I was a bit busy working on cleaning two old electric fans that I brought back home with me from TN trip. Dont know how old the thing’s are but guessing at least 50 years if not more.... I am 44 and we used them in our house and my grandmother’s house. We did not have central heat and air back then. I spent several hours removing rust and I Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-67343338507116468452008-01-16T15:56:00.000-06:002008-01-16T15:56:00.000-06:00Hi Skeeter,You may have seen a witch hazel but you...Hi Skeeter,<BR/>You may have seen a witch hazel but you NEVER would have paid attention. Overload, yes, but it is usually a boring plant. Does have fall color and the bloom, but otherwise unremarkable.<BR/><BR/>There are SO many plants that make tubers. To name a few that come to mind: 4 oclocks and potato vine. Whatever it is it may very well grow again in the spring. I am not familiar with tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-55213575918708399962008-01-16T13:05:00.000-06:002008-01-16T13:05:00.000-06:00Oh yes, I also ordered a cardinal candy viburnum. ...Oh yes, I also ordered a cardinal candy viburnum. (Viburnum dilatatum cardinal candy)Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06844563083948984664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-42418954641151881312008-01-16T13:02:00.000-06:002008-01-16T13:02:00.000-06:00Tina, I ordered from Dutch Gardenswww.dutchgardens...Tina, I ordered from Dutch Gardens<BR/>www.dutchgardens.com. It ships bareroot 18-24". Small but I'm o.k with that. Sometimes in order to find the unusual I find I have no choice but to order from a catalog. I pay close attention to their guarantee, and use it quite frequently!Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06844563083948984664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-9953078832556254182008-01-16T12:41:00.000-06:002008-01-16T12:41:00.000-06:00Good to see you on here today Skeeter. Missed you...Good to see you on here today Skeeter. Missed you yesterday.Jean Merrimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135474696468199060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-10321492471737348652008-01-16T10:58:00.000-06:002008-01-16T10:58:00.000-06:00I have heard of Witch hazel but dont recall ever s...I have heard of Witch hazel but dont recall ever seeing one... I probably saw one in a public garden at some point. When touring public gardens, my brain gets into overload with all the information taken in…<BR/><BR/>Yesterday I was digging some kitchen scrapes into the flower bed by the chimney and dug up something strange... It was a potato type thing but dont think it was a potato! Did not Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-50396579975861354582008-01-16T09:59:00.000-06:002008-01-16T09:59:00.000-06:00Nina,Where did you order your witch hazel from? I ...Nina,<BR/>Where did you order your witch hazel from? I have not had much luck finding them around here and haven't seen too many in the catalogs either. Another source might be helpful for readers.tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-77099629413133155922008-01-16T09:55:00.000-06:002008-01-16T09:55:00.000-06:00Hi Dave,You really do need to get a witch hazel. I...Hi Dave,<BR/>You really do need to get a witch hazel. I think you have some nice spots by your woodline. I love my two.<BR/><BR/>Hi Nina,<BR/>You will love it. Easy to grow and blooms reliably. My hamamelis virginaina blooms in the fall. It is fragrant too if I remember correctly. I barely watered it this summer which is such a bonus! Mine is in part shade and will get quite large laterally so tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-468446737048117032008-01-16T09:02:00.000-06:002008-01-16T09:02:00.000-06:00Tina, Interesting that you covered this subject to...Tina, Interesting that you covered this subject today! I ordered one this a.m. The Hamamelis virginiana.Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06844563083948984664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-63281196576405738502008-01-16T08:11:00.000-06:002008-01-16T08:11:00.000-06:00I've thought about getting a witchhazel at some po...I've thought about getting a witchhazel at some point. I need to do some research like you did before I do. It would be nice to have more winter color!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00524456191483377274noreply@blogger.com