Re: Re: Happy Birthday
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  • Subject: Re: Re: Happy Birthday
  • From: T* G* <3*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 16:50:01 -0700
Nope, not by bday.  Mine is in May.  But thanks for the happy thoughts
anyway : )


On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Patricia Dickson <f1892e901@rewrite.hort.net
> wrote:

> 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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