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Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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Posted by pennyw74 Sydney/NSW (My Page) on Thu, Mar 6, 08 at 21:54
| I planted my Hardenbergia Violacea "Flat White" last August in my front garden.
It has grown very well and is constantly sending out new shoots. I have had to cut it back to stop it growing over the path to the front door.
It gets the afternoon sun.
Unfortunately, in the last couple of weeks, the leaves have turned brown, especially around the centre of the plant. It looks like it's just given up.
What could have happened so suddenly to turn this from the best growing plant in the garden to one that looks so sick.
I don't want to lose it. |
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RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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| To much rain killed my three purple ones this Summer. Whats the weather been like down your way.. |
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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| We have had a fair bit of rain recently. Does this mean that there's no hope? |
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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| I guess only time will tell.. |
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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| What a shame. It even says "Easy to Grow" on the tag. Sure, it was easy to grow and easy to kill, too. I was really looking forward to seeing it flower this year. |
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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| When I was up at Noosa Heads National Park last August they were growing in the cracks of rocks on the side of the hills, others were growing in this shale type of soil all high and dry so I guess they don't like wet feet at all. I also planted a white and a purple one a couple of years ago it also said easy to grow if the soil is well draining which it was and they both died too they were planted high into soil with some of the blue metal stones off the driveway for good drainage. That's why I grew it from seeds this time they were coming on fine on there way to 3 mts then they went limp and died.. It was August 05 I even found the link here in search..The photo is long gone though. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Twin Pack of Hardenbergia
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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| I think I have good news. I went and inspected it closely yesterday. I gave it a dose of seasol a couple of weeks back (as a last hope) and there looks to be lots of new growth now. I am not sure if it will survive in the long run but I have cut all the dead parts off, so I'm hoping it will recover. |
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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| That is good news Penny.. I too hope it recovers. I pulled all my dead vines down last week sadly no hope for them |
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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| I think I've lost it. I think it's time to pull it out. I'll have to replace it with something else. |
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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| Sorry to hear that penny I wont be growing them again either.. |
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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What a shame, to hear that you two have had such bad experiences with Hardenbergias. They should be so good!
I've had all kinds, and think it reflects the state of the nursery industry. Maybe people rush to market with a new hybrid before it is properly tested?
I had great results with a few plants of a very vigorous climber on a fence. They looked wonderful for two years, and then, I think, had simply played out their lifespans. They petered out over an ugly few years, then gave me a few very full day's work just unpicking the darn dead things from the chain wire.
The worst I ever had were a set of a dozen or so plants bought cheap from a nursery. I hoped they would cover a fence with glory. Instead, they all had different growth habits - climbers, shrubs, and some ground covers which refused to even think about climbing and ran all over the drive. I suppose they were the seedling children of a hybrid, and I should have known better than to buy them. Some of the shrubs are still there, six years later, but most got chopped out by me in frustration because they wouldn't grow the way I wanted them to.
Worse still was a white one. It cost a lot, hardly achieved a thing, then died before its second year.
Meanwhile, the local natives pop up about the place without any help from me. They are modest things compared with the nursery-bought affairs, but seem to go on, year after year, being quietly beautiful.
The moral of the story seems to be not to spend money on Hardenbergias, except perhaps for the tried and tested varieties - Happy Wanderer and Mini-ha-ha.
Trish |
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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| My purple ones I grew from seeds..So No cost lost there. I am not going to say shame the rain killed them. As it bought life to so many other of my plants Trish, getting dry again though.. My twin pack $5.95 in Big W. |
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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| I haven't pulled mine out of the ground yet and it hasn't died completely but it looks terrible. I'm just interested to see what it will do. |
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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- Posted by pos02 NSW Aust (My Page) on
Thu, May 29, 08 at 20:38
| Why don't you try the species ones instead of the hybrids? I'm sure you will get better success, and they look great training over some rocks. Try for ones which natuallry grow in a similar microclimate. |
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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- Posted by liatris FraserCoast,Qld (My Page) on
Wed, Jun 4, 08 at 15:31
| Penny, yours would probably respond really well to a good cut back - they do tend to go a bit ratty at this time of the year. |
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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| I did cut it all back, all the dead stuff, anyway. Should I cut back some of the green shoots, too? It hasn't done anything just yet, although it looks like there are some new shoots but they've been like that for a while. Although, it seems, the more I cut back, the more it dies. I have heard that you shouldn't prune a "sick" plant as they can go into shock??? |
RE: Hardenbergia Violacea 'Flat White'
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- Posted by gonow NSW AUST (My Page) on
Fri, Aug 1, 08 at 2:51
| For mine if a plant is struggling it is not a good idea to prune back into living tissue as it will die back to the previous node each time you do it. Just remove the dead and diseased material. |
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