How Long does these plants take to mature?

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Angilina Hansville, WA May 28, 2007

Well I just bought '

Autumn flowering cherry
Belladonna Lily
Boncia Rose
Deutzia
Old Fashion Lilac
White Dogwood Tree
Red Crape Myrtle

Now I need to figure out how fast they grow...- I think I might have just bought plants that I won't see mature because it takes too long? Does anyone know. All the books I have just tell me about the plant not the growth time from start to finish.... Ideas

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WeeNel Ayrshire Scotland, United Kingdom May 28, 2007

Hi Angilina, you sure have bought a really nice group of plants and shrubs, you dont say how big the plants are that you have got, but as a rule of thumb, they should, with the proper growing conditions, care and feeding etc, you should be enjoying a nice display next year,in about five years an ever better one, they will take about the first year to use up energy to settle into new conditions/ grow new roots/ become climatised to your zone etc. within 10 years, most will be fully mature, but that does not mean that they will have reached the finnal hight width etc.
Other than the lily, Soak all your plants over night or at least a couple of hours as they have been in pots for a long time, your other plants will need a large enough planting hole, big enough to take the rootball, (TEASE OUT SOME OF THE ROOTS TO GET THEM TO SPREAD OUT) add to the hole, some good quality compost, some blood/fish and bonemeal, as this is a quicker food for the roots to take up, plant to the same deapth as were in the pots and firm into the ground covering with compost/soil, they should not need pruneing other than the rose unless wind burns or breaks the new growth, your lily can be planted the same way but make sure that it is the right deapth for your soil, sit back and enjoy, wait to be rewarded for your proper care.
Keep a lookout for signs of stress, lack of water, leaf change through decease etc as they get established, after the first year, if you did everything right, then they will require almost no attention other than a feed, weeding around each spring.
Good luck and happy gardening. WeeNel.

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carrieebryan Midland, WA(Zone 8a) May 29, 2007

The rose (Bonica?) might not bloom this year but it should bloom next year. How big it'll get depends on how much you prune it every year, in addition to stuff like sunlight, moisture, and fertilizer. (Roses like LOTS of fertilizer.)

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