Weldenia candida

[mark smyth]

My Weldenia candida came in to growth very late this year and is looking perfect just now. This is the second year without flowers even though it was bought as "flowering size".

Should I force it to go dormant or just leave it to do its own thing? It growths in a clay pot in the sand plunge in the green house

[krisderaeymaeker]

My Weldenia candida came in to growth very late this year and is looking perfect just now. This is the second year without flowers even though it was bought as "flowering size".
Should I force it to go dormant or just leave it to do its own thing? It growths in a clay pot in the sand plunge in the green house

I suppose that a dry rest is the best way Mark . That's the way I do it each year and mine flowering each year .
I put them outside from early spring until late autumn.

[mark smyth]

so stop watering it now and put it outside when the threat of frosts is gone?

[krisderaeymaeker]

so stop watering it now and put it outside when the threat of frosts is gone?

That's what I do Mark and mine are flowering each year ....In winter al leaves  died down...I keep them just frostfree but I am sure that they could resist a bit of frost . I keep them bonedry in winter .

[PeterT]

It was hardy for years in the garden where I grew up, planted on a gravel terrace, in the west of Scotland. A dry spot in a wet area with mild winters. I think that it died in a hard winter (for that area) with about ten nights at minus 8C. My memory is a little hazy but I do recall weeding it and the exact spot where it grew and flowered.

[Lesley Cox]

It being October/November now in the NH Mar, I'm surprised that it has not already gone dormant or at least be visibly on the way, with yellowing of the foliage. You shouldn't need to "force" it into dormancy, just wait out the natural process. Mine usually are fully dormant (the dead top growth lifts off) by late November. You might like to give it a sprinkling of bone dust though I've never needed to do so myself, to encourage flowering. Keep it well drained over winter and bring it to growth again by late March/April for May blooming. MY first flowers are out today (eqivalent to your 2nd May.)

[mark smyth]

It was hardy for years in the garden where I grew up, planted on a gravel terrace, in the west of Scotland. A dry spot in a wet area with mild winters. I think that it died in a hard winter (for that area) with about ten nights at minus 8C. My memory is a little hazy but I do recall weeding it and the exact spot where it grew and flowered.

My plant survived in the green house all last winter. I cant remember how cold it went down to

[angie]

Mark mine is just starting to die back now, bit later than normal. I too just leave it dry in the greenhouse, bit of a chicken to try it outside over the winter. Wonderful plant and wouldn't want to lose it.

Angie 

[PeterT]

I would not expect it to be hardy in Aberdeen Angie

[angie]

I would not expect it to be hardy in Aberdeen Angie

Peter I think you would be right 

Angie