Re: New or Tried and True?
gardenchat@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: New or Tried and True?
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:45:57 -0600
Too bad your friend hasn't seen the oceans of bluebonnets in Texas in the
springtime.  Hardly likely she'd call that display "garbage".

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 4:37 PM, <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:

> I may be a stick-in-the-mud, but I always go for the tried and true.
> If a new plant looks especially attractive, I watch it for a few years
> before I try it, but generally I stick with what I know will work.  What
> annoys me is when I can't find an old established variety because it
> has been crowded out by something new.
> I have a great love of wildflowers, and I have a good friend who is also
> a good grower, but she says she will not grow anything that has not
> been improved by human development - she calls wildflowers garbage.
> I think she is blinding herself to so much beauty with this attitude.
> Sure, development takes placde and many things are improved, but
> that doesn't mean that the the things we had were not worthwhile.
> Just my rant on the topic.
> APL
>
> In a message dated 12/18/2010 5:30:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> cathycrc@comcast.net writes:
>
> My sentiments exactly!
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
> On Dec 18, 2010, at 10:30 AM, andreah wrote:
>
>  > I'm really leaning towards the tried and true. I LOVE LOVE LOVE
> > those new
> > Echinacea, however every single one I've ever tried has died except,
> > of
> > course the original purple cone flower. Those, I can't divide fast
> > enough.
> >
> > I tried the Limerock ruby back when it came out. It died. So, I am
> > sticking
> > with what I know will do here now. I don't want to spend the money
> > and I
> > want my plants to thrive!
> > A
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
> > On Behalf
> > Of Daryl
> > Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 11:20 AM
> > To: gardenchat
> > Subject: [CHAT] New or Tried and True?
> >
> > I was reading a trade article and the interviewee was asked what he
> > thought
> > of
> > some of the new perennials. He replied, " Coreopsis 'Crhme Brulee,'
> > and
> > 'Limerock Ruby': These were hot, hot plants five years ago.
> > Everybody had to
> > have them. Now, they're like the lepers of the perennial community."
> >
> > I like that phrase, "the lepers of the perennial community." It
> > fits. The
> > only
> > thing good about some plants, like 'Limerock Ruby', is that they
> > make way
> > for
> > something else to kill.
> >
> > I've seen so many plants come and go in my previous hort-head life
> > that I
> > now
> > prefer to grow the tried and true. If they're newer plants, I want
> > them
> > tested
> > in my climate. I don't care whether a plant does great in Chicago. I
> > want it
> > tested at UGA. Even though UGA is a bit warmer in winter than my
> > area, and
> > the
> > soil is better, and there are plenty of garden slaves (hort
> > students) to
> > take
> > care of the beds and to weed and water, at least it's humid - with
> > hideously
> > hot days and many hot nights. If a plant thrives there, it's likely to
> > survive
> > in my garden.
> >
> > What do you think? Are you still wanting plants that are on the
> > cutting
> > edge,
> > or do you prefer to save the money and the aggravation?
> >
> > d
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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