RE: New or Tried and True?
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  • Subject: RE: New or Tried and True?
  • From: &* C* D* C* U* A* 9* C* <c*@edwards.af.mil>
  • Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:30:52 -0800
There's so little I can count on in my climate that I don't try hardly
anything new. In the past five years or so I haven't put in the time
either, seems silly to buy much when I know I'm not going to be paying a
lot of attention to it. I sure like to look at the catalog pictures
though. 
I used to buy new hybrid vegetable seed all the time but not so much of
that now either. Things that I plant a lot of, like peas or beans, I
stick with what I know is going to be productive. But I'll experiment
with tomatoes or squash, where I can plant one or two and just see how
they fare. 

Cyndi  


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Daryl
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 8:20 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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