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 20:11:25 -0700
Thanks for the concern about vinegar, but at this point I would use
anything to get rid of these.  I have pulled, sprayed, dug, everything many
times and I am completely losing this battle.  Either I will only have
anemone in my entire front garden, I have to kill them now.  I hope
something works.  Very frustrated at this point.
Theresa


On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 6:25 PM, Carolyn Magnani <927e65d21@rewrite.hort.net>
wrote:

> Theresa, I have several varieties of Anemone but the pink blooming
> Anemone Robustissima is invasive in my garden. I like it so I
> aggressively reduce it about every two years by digging up the roots
> however I too experience regrowth form tiny bits of roots remaining in
> the soil. I do not like to use chemicals so I diligently try to shift
> thru the soil. If you do research vinegar even as it is used as a food
> can be harmful.
>
> I just returned this evening from a 3 day trip to Chicago with a bus
> load of MGs. We visited Chicago Botanical, Morton's Arboretum, Ball Seed
> Gardens, Lincoln Conservatory, Cantigny and downtown gardens including
> Millennium Park and Cloud Gate (The Bean) however Laurie Garden was
> closed and Grant Park was avoided due to a hugh concert. The street
> gardens were wonderful. Crowds of people everywhere! We also did some
> shopping at a couple of nurseries.
>
> Hope you are all having a great summer. We need rains here.
> Carolyn  (Ceres)
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Aug 3, 2014, at 12:48 AM, Theresa G <3a6a532b1@rewrite.hort.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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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