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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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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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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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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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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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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What is this unusual flowering vine?
What is this vine? It's located in Atlanta, GA. It has been flowering for the past several months. The photos were taken in late August, 2020. The flowers on this vine seem to be particularly attractive to bumble bees as there are always about a…
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Should I trim off flower buds on basil?
I have several herbs in a hydrocultural system. I have recently noticed several budding flowers on some of my basil plants. Since my goal is to maximize leaf yield, should I trim them off to conserve energy?
I have learned from some instructions…
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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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How long does it take a mock-orange bush to flower?
I have a four year old mock-orange that is eight feet (2.4m) tall and six feet (1.8m) wide, and I'm getting impatient for some flowers.
It's planted in partial shade in a valley.
I prune it in winter.
I do not fertilize it because the soil is…
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