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This is an archive article published on September 11, 2008
Shrub Culture
Most of the shrubs bear flowers almost all through the year but when it is their actual time of flowering, they put forth ultimate effect.
Written by Efs
September 11, 2008 12:00 AM IST
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Most of the shrubs bear flowers almost all through the year but when it is their actual time of flowering, they put forth ultimate effect. Ixora in the accompanying picture is an excellent specimen shrub that bears flowers in various hues viz. white, yellow, orange, pink red, golden yellow and crimson. The plant is very hardy. It responds to addition of super phosphate in case where you find almost all the leaves turning yellow.
I obtained one Baramasi Lemon plant which the nurseryman said would be seedless. I find it is not totally so and at times contains two or three seeds. Is there any variety that is totally seedless?
Parminder Kaur, Mohali
When we call seedless then two or three soft seeds aborted included come under the 8216;seedless8217; category. However, there are totally seedless types too but that you will have to find out and a plant made from such a plant will be true to type.
Please tell me the name of a few flowering plants with red/orange flowers. These could be climbers, shrubs or even trees.
Maninder, Panchkula
The plants with flowers of such hues are Gulmohur, Chorisia, trees, Golden Shower, and Tecoma campesis climbers and Ixora, Hibiscus and Gulmohari Shrubs
The new growth in my mango plant is sagging drying at many terminals. What could be the reason?
Tarlochan Singh, Chandigarh
The culprit is the stem borer. The young caterpillars bore into the new shoots, drying these by making tunnels. Spray thiodan 1.5 milliliter to a liter of water now and repeat after a fortnight.
Please tell me about some good early fruiting peaches. I want to plant them during this season.
Raminder Singh, Panchkula
By 8216;this season8217;, do you mean this monsoon? No, this is not the time. Peach is a deciduous plant and sheds leaves during winter and that is the time fro planting them. You can plant Prabhat, Partap, Earli Grande etceteras. These are early ripening cultivars.
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