Late June is probably not the best time to prune things but it's when time allows so it's when it gets done. I'm an outlaw after all. Much as I enjoy having a sizable Calycanthus chinensis shrub, it does like to sprawl and cast quite a bit of shade on other plants. I've considered removing it but every year, it charms me with lovely blooms. Anyway, pruning meant flowers to bring inside.
The title may be misleading, there's more than one individual but only one type of flower.
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Calycanthus chinensis was crossed with our native Calycanthus floridus (Carolina Allspice, Eastern Sweetshrub) to create Calycanthus × raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine.'
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A few leaves from the same shrub fill in the back while some native Bleeding Heart foliage is in the middle and sides. Notice those cute round buds.
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The cobalt bowl got placed inside a brass-looking thingy that came from Watson's after holiday deeply discounted table. The original picture showed the bottom but also a nice family of dust bunnies on the floor so that part was cropped out. (Much easier than sweeping, vacuuming, or dusting, right?
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The title may be misleading, there's more than one individual but only one type of flower.
From spherical buds, the blooms begin to open pink, shifting quickly to pinky white.
Calycanthus chinensis was crossed with our native Calycanthus floridus (Carolina Allspice, Eastern Sweetshrub) to create Calycanthus × raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine.'
An interesting article about Calycanthus by Dan Hinkley can be found here.
The stems are a bit floppy but with a little encouragement, they cooperated.
A few leaves from the same shrub fill in the back while some native Bleeding Heart foliage is in the middle and sides. Notice those cute round buds.
After that, there were still more blooms so they got floated in a cobalt bowl.
Interestingly, the floated buds opened the next day.
The cobalt bowl got placed inside a brass-looking thingy that came from Watson's after holiday deeply discounted table. The original picture showed the bottom but also a nice family of dust bunnies on the floor so that part was cropped out. (Much easier than sweeping, vacuuming, or dusting, right?
