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 17:48:12 -0500
Which? Plumbago auriculata or Ceratostigma plumbaginoides? 
d
----- Original Message ----- From: "BONNIE_HOLMES" <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] New or Tried and True?



I'm 7b and it is hardy so far.

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daryl" <dp2413@comcast.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 2:15:38 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] New or Tried and True?

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.
B 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>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
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. B It's got intense blue flowers, low growing, and
foliage turns red in the autumn.

d



----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
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, B 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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