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Originally Posted by paul m
Another one of my 'yes, no, maybe' answers. Small plants do not flower very profusely - I would expect not to get much blossom until three years after establishment (more or less!).
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I have found this. Autumn 2006 I planted a magnolia (in a pot) and in 2007 it didn't flower - I was very dissapointed. But last week we had "4" flowers
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I shall hope for a bit of hawthorne blossom next year.
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On the third hand, soil nutrition may have some effect - if your soil is very rich then it may produce leaf rather than flower. The best way to get a lot of bloom out of most plants is to starve them - you end up with a dead plant after flowering, of course but ....
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I put mine in normal potting compost - but should imagine most of the nutrients will soon dissapear.
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Looking at this picture, you can see great variation in flowering (and flower:leaf ratio); the smaller, younger bushes are virtually flowerless ....
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Thats a great looking tree!
Actually, talking of Hawthorne, when I was little, I brought some into the house from th garden for my mum and she took it outside and said it was unlucky to have in the house!