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Name: tago Sun City, AZ (Zone 9b)  tago Apr 21, 2018 11:09 AM CST |
 All buds. No flowers? Planted about a month ago and foliage seems healthy but the buds are not blooming. Live in Sun City AZ and this should be a great time for new growth... what to do? |
Name: Philip Becker Fresno California (Zone 8a)  Philipwonel Apr 21, 2018 3:01 PM CST |
| Howdy there, tago. @tago Only one month ? Be patient ! There are lots of buds on it. Plus, I've found that they, and most all drought tolerant plants do better, with regular watering's. Ttfn &   😎😎😎 Anything i say, could be misrepresented, or wrong. |
Name: Lin Vosbury Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)              plantladylin Apr 21, 2018 3:16 PM CST |
| Hi tago, I see lots of buds too so as Philip said, be patient ... they should open to pretty blooms before long! ~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt! ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! |
Name: Danita GA (Zone 7b)         Danita Apr 21, 2018 3:23 PM CST |
| Hi Tago, The things that you think are "buds" are actually the old, bloomed-out spikes of flowers (inflorescence) from its last flush of blooms. You may find seeds in them but they won't give you any more flowers. The new spikes of flowers will develop at the tips of the new growth. They will start out very tiny and grow larger. Some of the older Lavandula stoechas cultivars only give one decent flush of flowers in the spring (in my climate anyway) but some of the newer cultivars are supposed to have a longer blooming season.  |
Name: Lin Vosbury Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a) plantladylin Apr 21, 2018 3:34 PM CST |
LOL, I thought they were buds too!  ~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt! ~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot! |
Name: Danita GA (Zone 7b) Danita Apr 21, 2018 4:03 PM CST |
Yeah, I think this plant likes to confuse people!  We seem to get a lot of similar questions about it.Enlarge Noodle's photo. Noodle said: Near the bottom of the photo, do you see the things that look like tiny, green pine cones at the tips of the growth? Those are the very young, new flower spikes developing. If you look up higher, you'll see slightly larger/more developed versions that are getting purple but still look like little pine cones. As the spikes get nearer to flowering stage, the "purple pine cones" start to unfurl their sterile purple bracts from the tip. The actual flowers are deep purple in this photo. They start blooming from the bottom of the spike and, with time, new flowers will open, ascending row by row, until they reach the tips where the sterile bracts attach. The sterile bracts continue enlarging as the spike of flowers bloom. |
Name: Philip Becker Fresno California (Zone 8a) Philipwonel Apr 21, 2018 4:10 PM CST |
| Well !!! They don't look like any spent flower's I've ever saw. 😎😎😎 Anything i say, could be misrepresented, or wrong. |
Name: Danita GA (Zone 7b) Danita Apr 21, 2018 4:34 PM CST |
| Tago's photo shows the old inflorescences. The actual corollas have withered up and, likely, fallen off by now, but the old bracts, calyces, peduncles, etc., remain. Oh, I just found a good image online that may help, http://www.downderry-nursery.c... |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15           |
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Name: tago Sun City, AZ (Zone 9b) tago Apr 21, 2018 7:52 PM CST |
Philipwonel said:Howdy there, tago. @tago Thanks Philip, guess we both learned something about buds today. You know what they say - "There's no such thing as a stupid question." |
Name: tago Sun City, AZ (Zone 9b) tago Apr 21, 2018 7:56 PM CST |
plantladylin said:Hi tago, Thanks Lin, I'm heading out the door to prune those spent buds back. Mrs. tago thought they were new buds when she bought the plant. DOH! (not telling her they're spent  ) |
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