Re: Identification help?

now there is a thought!  Wonder if little (ok not so little any longer) boys
fit in it too?
Sorry - getting late....better quit while I am ahead?

Vera


On 8/29/06, Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
>
> My neighbors have one of those that you crank around.  It's completely
> self-contained.  Maybe you could do something like that.
> zem
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vera Metzke" <vmetzke@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 6:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Identification help?
>
>
> > LOL, Bonnie that would be great if the village let us have mulch
> > piles.....With the West Nile threats and other insects, neighbor had one
> > going we shared and had to get rid of it since others took offense!  No
> > one
> > complained about the sewar plant 1/2 mile away?  Maybe I will try again
> > for
> > one hidden between the garages maybe the key?
> >
> > Vera
> >
> >
> > On 8/29/06, Bonnie Holmes <holmesbm@usit.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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