Re: perennials

> To get even more picky, aren't they actually classed as woody
> sub-shrubs? :-)

Ah! You trumped me!
Yes they're subshrubs but I was trying to temper my pickiness just a 
little.:+D   
Kitty
> To get even more picky, aren't they actually classed as woody
> sub-shrubs? :-)
> 
> Ducking and running......
> 
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> > From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> > 
> > Tony,
> > Some people think I'm picky or too literal when I say that
> Lavenders,
> > Persian Shield, Osteospermum - African Daisy, and Candytuft are
> shrubs, not
> > perennials or that Purple Fountain Grass, Thunbergia - Black Eyed
> Susan
> > Vine, and Pelargoniums are tender perennials, not annuals.  But I
> feel that

> > if we know this basic thing about a plant we can have more of an
> idea what
> > can or can't be done with it, and possibly how.
> > 
> > When I grew my first lavender years ago I cut it to the ground
> during early
> > spring cleanup because that's what you do with perennials.  And it
> didn't
> > come back - I killed it.  Had I known it was a shrub I wouldn't
> have done
> > that.  Admittedly, I was wrong about the cutting back for rebloom
> according
> > to Pam's experience.  Now that I think of it I have a Lilac that
> blooms 3 or
> > 4 times a season and deadheading after each flowering does help. 
> So I guess
> > we both learned something on this one!
> > 
> > Kitty
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tony Veca" <romans8@comcast.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT]perennials
> > 
> > 
> > > on 8/5/03 6:37 PM, Kitty wrote:
> > >
> > > Lavenders aren't perennials
> > >
> > > Thanks Kitty - I'll be darned, I always thought they were
> perennials.
> > Never

> > > to old to learn something new.
> > >
> > > Tony Veca <><
> > > Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
> > > Vancouver, WA  USA
> > >
> > >
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