Re: New or Tried and True?
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  • Subject: Re: New or Tried and True?
  • From: &* <d*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:15:38 -0500
Plumbago auriculata is a very nice plant, and blooms a long time, but I think it's only hardy to zone 8 or 9, if memory serves. I've seen Ceratostigma plumbaginoides thriving in Pennsylvania. I don't think I've seen Plumbago indica. Is it similar in habit to P. auriculata? 

d
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com> 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] New or Tried and True?



Maybe not, Daryl. I'm thinking of Plumbago auriculata and P. indica
(the red one). Didn't know there was a poseur named Ceratostigma
plumbaginoides. Have to look that one up. Thanks.

On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Daryl wrote:


Jim,

Are you and Bonnie talking about the same plumbago? The hardy
plumbago is Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, not the same plumbago as
grows in Fla.  It's got intense blue flowers, low growing, and
foliage turns red in the autumn.

d



----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] New or Tried and True?



Yes, they seem to have better color with some shade.

On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:45 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES wrote:


Mine are a nice bright blue. They reside on a slope under a
popular tree.

B
ETN Zone 7
Remember the River Raisin, the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, 911.

----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 11:35:28 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] New or Tried and True?

Some of the blue plumbagos are quite nice, almost chicory
quality,  but B
there's a large variation, and some are, well, anemic. Don't much
care B
for the white or red ones though.

On Dec 22, 2010, at 8:41 AM, BONNIE_HOLMES wrote:


I also have a bed of plumbago that has a wonderful blue color.

B
ETN Zone 7
Remember the River Raisin, the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, 911.


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