UK gardening - 2 questions Dicentra and Cala's

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2 questions Dicentra and Cala's

stevej

2007-05-22, 9:25 am

Hi

Last month I bought a Dicentra Spectabilis and placed it in a
container at the front of the house, which gets sun approx half of the
day, I have watered and fed it. It was in full flower and was very
impressive, but now it's lost it's flowers, even though the weather
has improved. How should I care for it to keep it in flower longer or
get it to re-flower ?

Second question on Cala's

I have some white ones which are I think Zantedschia Crowborough, and
are quite full and sending up a flower plume. My yellow one's which I
think are Z. Elliottana ( specled leaf ) are barely shooting at the
tubers. Why are they so far behind the other variety and is there
anything I could of done to get the Elliottana's further on ?

many thanks
Steve

Tugger

2007-05-22, 5:25 pm

I suspect the Dicentra might just be past its best now ... it will die back
fairly quickly and be back bigger and better next year ...

"stevej" <stevej1305@fsmail.net> wrote in message
news:1179836026.367604.319090@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> Hi
>
> Last month I bought a Dicentra Spectabilis and placed it in a
> container at the front of the house, which gets sun approx half of the
> day, I have watered and fed it. It was in full flower and was very
> impressive, but now it's lost it's flowers, even though the weather
> has improved. How should I care for it to keep it in flower longer or
> get it to re-flower ?
>
> Second question on Cala's
>
> I have some white ones which are I think Zantedschia Crowborough, and
> are quite full and sending up a flower plume. My yellow one's which I
> think are Z. Elliottana ( specled leaf ) are barely shooting at the
> tubers. Why are they so far behind the other variety and is there
> anything I could of done to get the Elliottana's further on ?
>
> many thanks
> Steve
>

Charlie Pridham

2007-05-23, 3:25 am

"stevej" <stevej1305@fsmail.net> wrote in message
news:1179836026.367604.319090@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> Hi
>
> Last month I bought a Dicentra Spectabilis and placed it in a
> container at the front of the house, which gets sun approx half of the
> day, I have watered and fed it. It was in full flower and was very
> impressive, but now it's lost it's flowers, even though the weather
> has improved. How should I care for it to keep it in flower longer or
> get it to re-flower ?
>
> Second question on Cala's
>
> I have some white ones which are I think Zantedschia Crowborough, and
> are quite full and sending up a flower plume. My yellow one's which I
> think are Z. Elliottana ( specled leaf ) are barely shooting at the
> tubers. Why are they so far behind the other variety and is there
> anything I could of done to get the Elliottana's further on ?
>
> many thanks
> Steve
>
The Dicentra spectibilis is a spring thing and goes dormant in summer, with
the "Calla" the coloured forms are nearly all very tender and need the
season to be a lot warmer than the white, the hardiest and biggest for me is
'Green Goddess' because I have a dry garden I grow mine in the pond.

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea

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