Re: Re: Happy Birthday
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  • Subject: Re: Re: Happy Birthday
  • From: P* D* <f*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 22:21:16 -0500
Theresa, Did I see on Facebook that today is your birthday?  If that is correct I hope you had a great day!
Tricia
On Aug 3, 2014, at 10:11 PM, Theresa G <3a6a532b1@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:

> 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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