Re: Spring is here!

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• To: g*@hort.net
• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spring is here!
• From: "Gene Bush" g*@otherside.com
• Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 20:41:14 -0500
• References: 000001c2f989$fe0dfac0$0e10660a@Justme

Hello Donna,
    Good luck with the Brise d'Anjou polmonium... I have tried that one
twice. three plants each time. One locally purchased, one from catalog.
Longest record for being alive is about 8 months ... mostly over winter.
What ever it needs, I do not have that (something like my ex wife's
attitude;-)) I had mine with 'Brunette' Cimicifuga, shrubs, ferns, hosta
etc.
    Hummmm... not big on spring plants.... there are so many native and non
native plants that are ephemeral or early blooming for shade. No end to the
selection, really. And spring yo-you weather seldom has any, if at all,
effect on them. Especially the natives. Pulmonaria, or lungwort, is hardy
into zone 4. Have you tried those? How about 'Red Start'?? Soft felted green
foliage with silver spots and salmon-red blooms. In bloom here now with
Primula juliana Early Girl.
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana

----- Original Message -----
> Since I arrived home before dark today, a tour of my yard showed that
> spring is here! Many plants appeared since Sunday, which is the last
> time I saw daylight here:(
>
> One that survived is Polemonium caeruleum 'Brise d'Anjou'. It got
> stuffed in the ground at the last fall minute. No time to establish
> itself before the early killing frost, which I thought was weeks away.
> It is also not in a well drained area.... but it made it! Really need to
> give it a better spot. Love the spring variegated leaf look:)
>
> I have never been big on spring plants other than reliable bulbs.
> Weather is so unpredictable here, most times they do not have a chance.
> Anyone have a suggestion of something to compliment this plant? Remember
> this is zone 5, spring time temps can be 70 one day and 20 the next :(
>
> Donna

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