Saturday, June 13, 2015

A Dr. Who Plant!




Hell of a big Magnolia!

Magnolia macrophylla

Last year at 10 years old our Magnolia macrophylla put on it's first flower this year at 11 it has about 10. It's growing at about 3' per year so by 2020 I expect it to be the tallest tree in the Plantmad Garden.

Time to stick cuttings!


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A shinny new poly cover on the prop house, let the Summer Cuttings Season begin!

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Potting is Done!

Every year we set a goal of finishing all our new liner Potting by the end of May. We never make it but this year we came closer than we ever have before :^)


Saturday, May 2, 2015

Newer isn't always better!!

Wisteria floribunda 'Macrobotrys' has been around under one name or another for at least 400 years.

Glowingly written about by Kaempfer in the 1700's & again by Siebold in the 1830's. It takes longer to mature & begin flowering than many of the newer cultivars but those with a little patients will begreatly rewarded with the longest flower racemes of any Wisteria. Easily reaching 3' but 5' & 6' racemes are not unheard of!

 Wisteria floribunda 'Macrobotrys'

Flower Power!

Sunday, April 19, 2015

New Wisteria are waking up!


Our newly grafted crop of Wisteria are now mostly off the callus bed, potted & are waking up!

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Wisteria are beginning to flower


The Wisteria are beginning to flower here at Planmtmad, this is the variegated cultivar Wisteria floribunda 'Mon Nishiki'