Re: Re: Happy Birthday
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  • Subject: Re: Re: Happy Birthday
  • From: T* G* <3*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 13:50:19 -0700
Japanese hybrid Anemone- and RHS lists is as a potential invasive.  That's
an understatement.  It makes getting rid of the Crocosmia easy by
comparison.


On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 7:11 AM, <5bef58771@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:

> I don't know what kind of anemones we are talking about.  I grow  Anemone
> blanda, or Greek
> anemones in the spring and Anemone hupehensis var. japonica,in the fall,
> but
> neither is invasive.  I have grown both for years, and each is  somewhat
> naturlized,
> but never a problem.  Deer love the Japanese anemones that bloom  in the
> fall, so
> I don't get too many blossoms, but a few in a protected  spot.
>
> What kind of anemones are invasive, and what kind are difficult to  grow?
>
> Auralie
>
>
>
> In a message dated 8/3/2014 9:55:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> add8d9851@rewrite.hort.net writes:
>
> Envious, I can  never grow them.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From:  "Theresa G" <3a6a532b1@rewrite.hort.net>
> To: "Garden Chat"  <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 3, 2014 1:48:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Happy Birthday
>
> Happy Bday and thanks for  posting! I have been meaning to for a while. I
> am looking for any ideas of  how to get rid of anemone that is taking over
> my garden. I have dug,  pulled, round-up (carefully with a paint brush bc
> other things are  nearby), and I cannot kill it. In fact it seems to regrow
> from any tiny  root that is left behind. Any suggestions? If I don't get
> it out, it will  I'm afraid take over my entire front garden...
>
> Theresa
>
>
> On  Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Patricia Dickson
> <f1892e901@rewrite.hort.net
> > wrote:
>
> > Happy birthday Auralie!
> > I too am curious  as to what happened to your diamond frost! I love that
> > little plant  as a great filler in a pot!
> >
> > Patricia Dickson
> >
> >
> > > On Aug 2, 2014, at 6:45 PM, Pam Evans  <f7dc1b051@rewrite.hort.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >  happy b-day indeed.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Aug 2,  2014 at 5:42 PM, Zemuly Sanders <
> > 430fae0d1@rewrite.hort.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Sent from my iPad
> > >>
> > >>> On Aug 2, 2014, at 3:11 PM,  Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> >  >>>
> > >>> In a message dated 8/1/2014 10:43:42 P.M.  Eastern Daylight Time,
> > >> zemuly@comcast.net writes:
> >  >>> I wish you a very happy birthday.
> > >>> Zem
> > >>>
> > >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >  >>> Thanks, Zem. Chete took me to lunch at the Riverview Restaurant  in
> > Cold
> > >> Spring which has a
> > >>>  stunning view of the Hudson Highlands and Storm King Mountain. It
> was
> >  >> almost worth being 86 years old.
> > >>>
> >  >>> I will take advantage of this contact to ask a couple of  GardenChat
> > type
> > >> questions.
> > >>>
> > >>> The first is very simple. Why, here at beginning of  August, are my
> > >> dogwoods
> > >> definitely showing
> > >>> red leaves? It has been somewhat dry this summer, but  not a real
> > >> drought,
> > >> and only moderately
> > >>> hot.
> > >>>
> > >>> Next  question is more complicated.
> > >>> For several years I have  bought a plant at the local Arboretum plant
> > >> sale to
> >  >> grow in a pot on my
> > >>> front stoop. This has been  Euporbia 'Diamond Frost'. Do you know it?
> > >> It
> >  >> is very delicate with
> > >>> lacy growth, tiny leaves  with dark markings, and small white
> star-like
> > >> flowers. It  makes a bushy
> > >>> little plant about a foot wide and high.  As I say, I have grown this
> > >> several years, getting a new
> > >>> plant each spring. I have one this year. Usually the  plant is about
> > >> done
> > >> by fall when I bring  things
> > >>> in, but last fall we had an early frost threat,  and as the plant
> still
> > >> looked good, I brought it in and
> > >>> put it under the lights where I start seed, and keep a  few things
> over
> > >> the
> > >> winter. It lost all  its
> > >>> leaves before long, but the stems still were green,  so I left it
> there.
> > >> All
> > >> winter, it kept  its green
> > >>> look, so I let it stay, but finally when I  started seeds and needed
> the
> > >> space this spring I set the
> > >>> pot outside and thought no more about it. Then a week or  so ago, I
> > >> happened
> > >> to notice the pot
> > >>> that I had put in an obscure spot, and it was full of  bright green
> > >> leaves.
> > >> The plant has leafed  out
> > >>> and is growing strongly, but instead of the tiny,  lacy growth, the
> > leaves
> > >> are bright green and
> > >>> more than twice a large as the original plant. I still  have the
> plant
> > >> label
> > >> from that, and from  the
> > >>> one I bought this year, and they are the same. What  has happened?
> > Side
> > >> by
> > >> side, the  two
> > >>> plants really don't look a bit alike. Why has this  one changed from
> > last
> > >> year?
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks for listening to my rant,
> > >>>
> > >>> Hope you are having a good summer.
> > >>>
> > >>> Auralie
> > >>
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> > > --
> > > Pam Evans
> > > Kemp TX
> >  > zone 8A
> > >
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