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Hi David & All, Nov 23, 2010
I just checked the Witch Hazel in our yard. All petals are shed but the
bloom was unusually heavy this year, perhaps in part because I have been
thinning this shrub (now about 40 years old) more than usual over the last 5
years or so.
I don't have records, but have this subliminal image of petals
persisting well into December.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Patriquin" <patriqui@dal.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 12:13 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] More on Autumn Flora -Witch Hazel
> On Friday last (Nov. 19th) on a stroll around Point Pleasant Park, I
> looked for blossoms on witch hazel which in the past have been still
> quite numerous at this time of year. I saw only one on about 50 large
> shrubs/small trees examined. There were lots of finished blossoms. The
> next day I went to a talk by Laurie Lacie and the first slide he
> showed was of witch hazel so I asked him about flowers in his area
> (Bridgewater) at this time of year. He said there were
> exceptionally few compared to past years. So apparently, the factors
> that favoured so much early flowering this year by spring and sumer
> flowering species this year (or other factors) also favoured early
> completion of flowering by witch hazel I'm not sure about initiation
> of fall blooms, I usually see them from mid- September to early Dec.
> in PPP, but I didn't look specifically for early blooms this year.
>
>
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