RE: New plants...

Thanks, Kitty!

Blessings,
Bonnie 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Kitty
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:06 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] New plants...

They are
Lagerstroemia 'Pixie White' and Lagerstroemia 'Little Chief' from some
special breeding program.


Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:03 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] New plants...


> That was why I wanted to check on the 'Zuni' to see if it were hardy 
> enough
> for my yard.  Do you know what variety you have there in Ft. Wayne?  (Of
> course, I've already spent my gift certificate.)
>
> Blessings,
> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> Behalf
> Of Kitty
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 6:34 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] New plants...
>
> There are some Crepe Myrtles specially developed for colder zones.  We 
> have
> 3 here in Zone 5.  I don't know exactly how long we've had them but I know
> we got them sometime before 1999 and they look great.  They are grown in
> fairly protected areas though.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 2:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] New plants...
>
>
>>> I've been waiting until the nursery where my daughter bought my gift
>>> certificate for my birthday had a sale, so today I came home with
>>> Caryopteris 'Snow Fairy,' Sedum 'Pink Chablis' and Veronica austriaca
>>> 'Trehane.'  Does anyone have any experience/advice with any of these?
>>>
>>> I want to make sure I place these just right.  The Caryopteris 'Snow
>>> Fairy'
>>> has striking foliage and the pictures I see on the web for its flowers
>>> are
>>> quite different from "Blue Mist" that I already have.  The 1 gallon pot
>>> that
>>> I have of it is not showing any sign of bloom.  How old does one need to
>>> be
>>> to bloom?  My other Caryopteris has been in bloom for two or three weeks
>>> now
>>> and still growing strong.
>>
>> The 'Snow Fairy' should use the same cultural conditions as your 'Blue
>> Mist'; it won't even burn in full sun.  Personally, I like it in dryish,
>> well-drained partial shade so that the variegation shows more.
>>
>> The Veronica is probably best in full sun with partial shade.
>>
>>> when he finally conceded that there were a
>>> number of places in the Miami Valley that were strictly zone 5 and that
>>> the
>>> crape myrtle I was looking at was among those that were really zone 6.
>>> Why
>>> on earth couldn't they just tell me its zone up front?  I think that
>>> approach will lose them more business than they will get.
>>
>> To be honest, even zone 6 is stretching it for a crepe myrtle.  6b with
>> protection, maybe.  :)
>>
>> Chris
>>
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