RE: sales now rain
I think the dwarf size is from the cold wet spring. Things just didn't
get going right. My hollyhock is 18 inches high when it normally is
close to 6 ft. You are right about the weeds... they have taken over
here too. When I have the time to tend to the garden it is raining, so
it is making the situation worse here. I have been going for the ones
about to seed first, instead of entire beds... only got so much time
in-between the rain. The mosquito crop is also over whelming this year
too...
Better go check for the JB again. I thought the same thing, but they are
back here again.
Donna
>
> The worst of the last storm you sent this way went a little north of
my
> location (20 miles or so.) When it comes, it comes in sheets. There
are
> split trees everywhere due to either wind or lightening. Fortunately
it
> is
> wet enough the lightening hasn't sparked any ground fire.
>
> Some of my plants are also confused. (I will have to recheck my poppy
> plant.) As long as they come back for me next year, I won't complain.
It
> gives me a longer bloom season. Oddly enough, my black-eyed-susans
are
> dwarf size this year, not growing taller than 18". What is up with
that?
> The coneflowers are nearly 4' tall this year in comparison. I won't
even
> mention the health and the speed of the weeds in my beds! I've never
seen
> a
> healthier crop. And of course fighting rust and powdery mildew is not
> much
> fun, in addition to Japanese Beetles. The odd thing is that even
their
> season seems to have been modified. We had a problem with them for
about
> a
> week, but now they seem to be gone.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Bonnie (SW OH-zone 5)
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