Re: Self-seeders

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• To: <g*@hort.net>
• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Self-seeders
• From: &* <k*@comcast.net>
• Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:47:07 -0500
• References: <68BA34DC-ED98-11D8-9D40-000A959AC6B4@rnet.com>

Myosotis sylvatica is a biennial, so you do have to allow it to seed or you
won't have it again.  But this year, there're easily 50 seedlings per sq ft
in the general vacinity of this past spring's bloomers.  I'll leave some,
but not all of them.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cathy carpenter" <cathyc@rnet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Self-seeders


> Must be a species characteristic Myosotis scorpioides has spread quite
> nicely for me in the swamp.
> Cathy
> On Tuesday, August 10, 2004, at 09:08 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > My Eupatorium Chocolate has never volunteered a single seedling.
> > Myosotis sylvatica  - Genuine Forget Me Nots - is trying to colonize my
> > entire back yard though.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Chris@widom-assoc.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 8:39 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] Self-seeders
> >
> >
> >> This year it is the blue lobelia, L. Syphilitica, and the foxgloves
> >> that
> >> have seeded themselves around with abandon!  I didn't really care for
> >> blue
> >> lobelia until it reached clump strength.  Now it glows in the shady
> >> areas!
> >> Mine looks like the top photo on this link:
> >> http://www.ncwaterfalls.com/flora/lobelia1.htm I need to take a
> >> picture of
> >> it soon as I realized that I haven't photographed it yet.  I guess
> >> that
> > I'm
> >> getting sloppy as the season progresses.
> >>
> >>  I won't even mention the zillions of perilla and Eupatorium
> >> 'Chocolate'
> >> seedlings!  They are turning into ground covers in some of my beds!
> >>
> >> Chris
> >> Long Island, NY
> >> Zone 7
> >>
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