Choisya

You may remember that my Choisya 'Sundance' was trapped under a snowdrift for a couple of weeks just before Easter. After gently removing the snow it was in bad shape and laying on it's side. With a bit of tlc it's now back to it's former self, I'm chuffed!

 

Looks pretty healthy now Sheal - just shows how resilient they are.

 

Lovely!!! I love Choisya!!

Val

 

Great job, Sheal! I recall how concerned you were about it and it is so lovely to see an update. Bravo!

 

Looking great Sheal, I remember well the photos of it up to it's eyeballs (well you know what I mean!)in snow after the big fall you had and the dire drifting. May say it's looking better than mine which did not like the hellish East winds which blew for weeks. Flowering atm but has a decidedly burnt look to boot.

 

Thanks all. It's now in it's third year and hasn't flowered, is that normal please?

 

Thank you for sharing that, Sheal. I have just bought a Choisya and I have been wondering how hardy they are.

 

Really difficult to say what is "normal", Sheal Clearly yours was given a lot of stressful events to deal with, this past winter.

I don't have a "Sundance" (which clearly limits my 'experience'); but, I do have a choisya which, when I moved here (3 yrs ago precisely: ) was just a runt of a thing (growing from the previously vigorous main stem, which had died back), I shoved it in the ground and hoped for the best. This year, despite the harshness of the past year, it has flowered, filled the air with its perfume and is looking mighty fine! Repeat, it is 3yrs (almost) to the day since that little sprog was planted here.

So, based on that, my best guess is: you will have flowers next Spring! At this time of year, in my location (SE England), the flowers are now in die back anyway - so, I wouldn't "expect" flowers from here on in.

Mind you, nature does have a way of 'toying' with our expectations/experiences

 

Thanks Mum, snow permitting next winter I'll keep my fingers crossed for next Spring.

 

I've got my fingers X'd for you, Sheal (I'm also in the process of taking cuttings from mine, so, if all else fails ... I'll - hopefully - have cuttings to send you should the worst come to the worst: but, I do not think it will, based on my personal experience)

 

Really surprised it's only been planted for 3 years, looks very substantial. I don't have Sundance but do have both Ternata and Aztec Pearl. Both flower at the same time so would presume (maybe wrongly) that Sundance would flower at a similar time. Mine are both flowering atm and would imagine you on The IOM are ahead of me in Scotland but maybe not after the freak weather you had? I am suprised tho that yours isn't going to /hasn't flowered yet as it look mighty healthy.

 

You've changed you name Mum, 'M'....... you're not a James Bond fan are you?

 

Silu, tucked away where it is it only gets the sun for the first part of the day. I don't know whether that would make any difference to it flowering. It could be as M (Mum) said that it may have flowered this year but for the upset it had. We'll see what next year brings.

 

Thanks Armandii, It might be tucked away in the corner, but I would have missed it if I'd lost it. As we all know when we lose a shrub that has just started to mature, it's upsetting to have to start anew especially when it's something we really like.