Re: Identification help?

Need to get those little boys to "water" your mulch pile...very good for
it...also, helps to break it down.  


> [Original Message]
> From: Vera Metzke <vmetzke@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 8/29/2006 1:33:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Identification help?
>
> Boy you guys have me busy looking...I found the Monarda Fistulosa - wild
> bergamot.  I did get this one from one of our almost local greenhouses. 
At
> the time I had the red and the purple but the red did not return.  That
was
> near the little neighborhood boys .... watering hole till they were
> corrected!!!!!
>
> The turtle head is from Donna and when I got it last year it promptly died
> upon transplant. I was not sure what was coming up there in the spring but
> as long it wasn't a wild grass, clover or other weed it was left.  As soon
> as the blooms started I was thrilled it made it!  Street baseball and dirt
> bicycle riders and all - it thrived!  I tried to convince Alan when he was
> up cleaning the eaves he should take picture.  I don't think I can print
his
> response!  :-)
>
> Chris - it is nice to know that even half awake you can do this!
>
> Thanks again...
> Your getting tired of hearing that yet?
>
> Vera
>
>
> On 8/28/06, Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Your white coneflower looks like my "Echinacea 'White Swan,'" Vera.
> >
> > I don't know how I missed that there was a summer page too!  Lots of
> > plants I didn't see in there.  :)
> >
> > Bonnie, I'm thinking that the coneflower might actually by 'Cygnet
White'
> > instead of 'White Swan'.  'White Swan' is supposed to have a green
> > pyramidal center, whereas 'Cygnet White' has a flat, golden-orange
center
> > that's more like a button.
> >
> > I'm also thinking that the bee balm might just be a straight species of
> > Monarda fistulosa, but it's hard to tell.
> >
> > The turtlehead is probably Chelone obliqua.
> >
> > I should have included everyone's disclaimer about daylilies; I just
meant
> > that if I *had* to guess, those would be my picks.  :)
> >
> > It looks like you have a lot of nice stuff in your garden, Vera!
> >
> > Chris (who's still half-asleep and wonders how much it shows in this
> > email)
> >
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