Comments on: My Seven Sons http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2012/09/28/my-seven-sons/ The IMA blog is a space to discuss everything related to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:25:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: irvin http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2012/09/28/my-seven-sons/comment-page-1/#comment-337061 irvin Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:12:55 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=19438#comment-337061 IJC – it is indeed feeling like fall, especially on rainy days.
Pick – you would miss the changing seasons I bet and that may be why you stay.

]]> By: Pick a Part Indianapolis http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2012/09/28/my-seven-sons/comment-page-1/#comment-337046 Pick a Part Indianapolis Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:56:11 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=19438#comment-337046 I wonder and wonder why I stay in Indiana and don’t move to Florida. Though I must say that fall is the most beautiful time of year here.

]]> By: Indianapolis Junk Cars http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2012/09/28/my-seven-sons/comment-page-1/#comment-337045 Indianapolis Junk Cars Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:54:57 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=19438#comment-337045 I can’t believe how cool and how quick it got. It is feeling like Indiana fall weather.

]]> By: irvin http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2012/09/28/my-seven-sons/comment-page-1/#comment-337003 irvin Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:32:00 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=19438#comment-337003 Sam, thanks for the information on the dieback. I didn’t see any on ours but bears watching. Also interesting that the sepals are not coloring up on the UM plants. Dadburn seedling variation! Glad to hear the hummingbirds like them too. And look forward to hearing the identity of those little brown birds.

Lynne, glad I could faciclitate the adoptions. Never expected that.

]]> By: Lynne http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2012/09/28/my-seven-sons/comment-page-1/#comment-336494 Lynne Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:12:30 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=19438#comment-336494 Your blog inspired some of our heptacodium to find new homes…thanks, Irvin!

]]> By: Sam http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2012/09/28/my-seven-sons/comment-page-1/#comment-336008 Sam Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:30:20 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=19438#comment-336008 Irvin, it would be interesting to see how much variation there is in Seven-Son flower populations. Also, if propagation in nurseries is by seed, that would allow for more variation. Some of the variation perhaps being undesirable. I am thinking that some sort of clonal propagation of the best specimens might be a good thing.

Your trees look like smaller versions of the gorgeous trees that I saw at the Chicago Botanic Garden a number of years ago that inspired me to try them at the University of Maryland. They seem like much more desirable plants than the two plants that we have at the University of Maryland. Last year no red sepals and it doesn’t look like that they are developing this year either. We started getting dieback of twigs up to 3 feet in length in early August this year. Two years ago when we bought them as 8-10 ft. ball and burlapped plants, there was about 4 foot of dieback at the time. Guessing that may have been from over application of pre and post emergent herbicides at the nursery. I am still hoping that they will turn into the gorgeous trees that you have in your pictures and that I observed at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

In addition to the many positive attributes that you have mentioned, I have noticed that hummingbirds are attracted to Seven-Son flowers as well as many pollinators. The pollinators have attracted a couple of cute tiny brown birds that are extremely shy and quiet. Have been trying to get a good picture of them to send to Big Sue for identification.

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