snowy mespilus not snowing

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http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=116

I have a snowy mespilus and wonder why it is only budding now. It says should have flowers in April but April is next week.. In one garden centre the label said flowers/march/april /may. i understood it was in April.

It looks fine and buds are big and about to break. i do not want to miss the flowering. Any advice?

Good guy · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:11 am Post subject:

Don't worry! You don't say where you live, but I presume you are in Ireland.
The website you quote is British and the RHS (great organisation as it is) will give flowering times for England. Things are often a good bit later, here - this applies to the info on seed packets, too. My own Amelanchier is only starting to bud now. My garden is in Donegal, so it could be a full month later than those in the south, or the UK. Also, I'm on a north facing slope, which also delays things.
If it is any way healthy, your Snowy Mespilus will snow soon, and the berries in June will feed the blackbirds, too. We can eat the berries - they taste good.

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Good guy · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:36 pm Post subject:

You've nothing to worry about, then. It will flower when it's ready.

Greengage · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 1:22 pm Post subject:

you cannot rush nature most are only budding now with a rise in temp over the coming weeks it will flower if the bullfinches dont eat them all

Good guy · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:28 am Post subject:

Now that you mention bull finches: I sometimes see them in the garden, but not often. I was delighted, last August, to see a pair very busy in the border at the bottom of my garden. They were very active for about a week in the groundcover - mostly Geranium Pheum. I think they were after aphids and it was great fun watching them. Their colour is so startling.

member11809 · Guest

coming along now....

member11809 · Guest

getting there....

Good guy · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:09 pm Post subject:

Let's see a photo when it's blooming well. It's a lovely shrub.

Greengage · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:37 am Post subject:

This is what it should look like in full bloom.

Good guy · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:05 pm Post subject: Snowy Mespilus

Or like this, grown as a shrub.

member11809 · Guest

Here is a pic

tagwex · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 5:07 pm Post subject:

It gave birth!

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Good guy · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:23 pm Post subject:

And lovely it is, too.