When a plant produces flowers
A plant is flowering when it produces flowers. Use this tag for all questions about the flowering process - e.g. getting a plant to flower; what to do when it flowers; and how to keep it flowering.
Questions tagged [flowering]
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My lettuce is flowering - does that mean it has bolted?
I planted a batch of "zesty blend" lettuce seeds. They seem to be doing fine, but suddenly they started flowering:
Have they bolted? They look healthy otherwise. Still edible?
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What conditions are necessary to make a potted aloe vera bloom?
I have a potted aloe vera that I keep indoors during the winter and outside the rest of the year. It has leaves one foot long and two inches wide at the base. I fertilize it with tea from my vermicomposter. I water it sparingly during the winter and…
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Why aren't my fruit/nut trees flowering?
I live in zone 8/9 in northern FL and I have the following fruit/nut trees:
2 Pecans
2 Meyor Lemons
2 Peach trees (uncertain of variety)
1 Black Mission fig
Most of the trees have been planted for between 2 to 4 years, and they are all about that…
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How do I encourage morning glories to bloom?
I know that many of you will find this unbelievable -- but my morning glories did not bloom this year.
For those of you that live where morning glories are a perenial that borders on "weed" this might sound amazing -- but I live in a colder…
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What causes flowers to fall off of a blueberry bush?
My blueberry bush's flower bells are falling off, leaving only the center stalk (stamen? pistil? whatever it is, its part of the sex organs)
Is this what happens when a blueberry flower is properly pollinated or is some type of disease/blight…
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Odd pumpkin flower
This is something we have never seen. My neighbour has a pumpkin plant which recently started flowering. They were all male flowers till now. But those flowers were all green, not normal yellow flowers.
Has anyone experienced this? Will this…
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Why is my spinach flowering and how can I prevent it?
It is an unusually warm year in Minnesota. I planted two rows of spinach around April 15th. Now (end of May) I have two rows of spinach about 2 inches tall, and it all started flowering.
Is it now inedible because of the flowering?
How do I prevent…
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How can a green leaved canna's flower color be found when not in bloom?
At a perennial sale once I found an unmarked canna with green leaves, and when I asked what color the flowers were, they said they didn't know. After looking at the leaves for a while, they decided it was probably yellow. Later that summer, I found…
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Can I force a dormant forsythia branch to bloom by bringing it inside?
I live in Massachusetts, where we have approximately three feet of snow in the yard, and the temperature has been well below freezing nearly every day for the last two months. In an article in yesterday's local newspaper, a horticulturist wrote that…
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What's the best way to take care of my potted orchid?
I have a phalaenopsis orchid at home. I have not done much to it in terms of taking care other than watering it. The base looks healthy but the top stem has dried up. What care do I need to take to get it healthy and flowering?
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Why are my daffodils putting out flower buds in January?
Why are my dwarf double yellow daffodils putting out flower buds? It's January, and they usually start that in March. They could get damaged by cold and wildlife during winter. Anyone know what is going on? The winter has been about average, except…
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Do Bloomerang and Josee lilacs rebloom as well as advertised?
Looking through catalogs, I see pictures of lilac bushes in full bloom with sunflowers blooming nearby, illustrating how well they rebloom during the season. If I bought one, should I expect that or should I expect them to be like my reblooming day…
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What steps can I use to encourage pollination?
I have some plants that have many flowers but not very many vegetables being produced; sometimes it seems as if I'm growing the plants for the pretty flowers and not for the vegetables that may eventually appear. The flowers look healthy, though…
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What to do with the spent flower spike of foxgloves (digitalis)?
I've had a glorious display of foxgloves in my garden this year, but now pretty much all of the flowers have wilted and fallen. I don't particularly want to collect seed from the plants, but what should I do with the remaining flower spikes /…
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Why do my gardenias turn yellow before they bloom?
My gardenias seem to be happy all year around, but when they bloom, they turn half yellow. Is there a way to keep them green through the bloom phase?
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