All About Flowers

dogluver asked:


How should I collect the pollen and how can I prevent a flower from self-fertilizing?

film432 asked:

Movie from Brooklyn Botanical garden of the Largest flower in the world! Blooms are very rare before this year the last in NYC it was in the 30’s in the bronx. The flowers sent is so bad it got it’s name.

check out the website

http://www.bbg.org/vis2/2006/titan/

pink lady asked:


I have a lovely honeysuckle which is about 12 foot high growing over a pegoda. Last year it developed some sort of disease , I treat it with organic disease spray and it seemed to get better although it didnt flower . This year it has flowered and the disease has returned , the stems have a grey covering on them and the leaves have brown / grey spots on and they fall off if you touch it . What do I do now , the poor thing is still flowering despite this , do I have to dig it up and start again . Many thanks in anticipation.

Grace asked:


I have several herbs and shade flowers I’ve raised from seeds. They all have secondary leaves on them. They are still in their seed pots (small clay pots 2-3″ diameter). It’s not time to transplant in NY yet. The danger of frost isn’t over before May. Should I fertilize them? They’ve been growing for about two months now.

dorothy q asked:


My honeysuckle was okay for 5 years then about five years ago it started dropping its petals? before they opened up. A few stayed on and opened but never a full flower. It has started again just as they are due to come out. It looks really healthy is growing better than ever and has more flowerheads than ever and I don’t want to lose them all.
Anyone have any ideas please?
Thanks
Dorothy.