RE: need your thoughts on some plants please.

I think you are right Ceres about "new is not necessarily better". Seems
many of the new introductions are basically the same plant with a new name.
Granted there is something different, but enough to call it another plant? 

As a watergardener they really need a plant control system... water lilies
are the worst for this. 

Donna

> 
> In a message dated 4/9/05 6:49:53 PM, gossiper@sbcglobal.net writes:
> 
> << Echinacea purpurea 'doubledecker' This sure sounds like razzmatazz >>
> 
> Donna, I have dbdecker & have ordered razzmatazz and think they are very
> different.  I am not an Echinacea fan & these are the only ones to be in
> my
> garden.  I'm not sure I really like dbdecker but we will see.  Razzmatazz
> is
> gorgeous.  I saw it in a friends garden last year & it was stunning.  We
> were
> supposed to get Sunset but the shipment was delayed till May 15 & then
> until June 15
> which is after we are closed so the order was canceled.
>     We have Stoplight & Sunspot in the greenhouse sitting side by side and
> I
> see little difference but perhaps a little variation in the leaf shape.
> Growth habit may be different but at this early point I cannot see a
> difference.
>     I am not taken by the Heucheras.  My favorite is still Midnight Claret
> but only wish it was a bit more aggression grower.  Regina is my favorite
> to use
> in containers.  The color of this one picks up so nicely with many other
> plants.
>     I think we have all learned new is not necessarily better.
>             Ceres
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index