Re: Spring plant orders

I personally didn't have any luck with cornus canadensis, but am very
surprised at your experience with Tsuga canadensis - Eastern Hemlock.  I
plunked a couple down in full sun and taking the brunt of the wind about 10
years back and they've grown like crazy.  Put 3 more small ones in - mostly
sunny - got too big for the spot, so I yanked them out last year, topped up
and dragged them to the other side of the yard to full sun & wind exposure.
Seem to be quite happy.  This is Zone 5a.

Kitty


> [Original Message]
> From: cathy carpenter <cathyc@rnet.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 2/26/2003 6:20:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spring plant orders
>
> Not an expert, but as a fellow denizen of z5b, would warn that Tsuga 
> canadensis, and Cornus canadensis are likely to be iffy. T. canadensis 
> should definitely be planted in a location protected from wind and will 
> require supplemental moisture during our dry spells. It isn't delighted 
> with our heavy clay soils either. It is sold around here, but success is 
> spotty, especially outside town. C. canadensis demands a humusy, acid 
> soil and a shady location in this neck of the woods. Doesn't like our 
> midwest summer heat, either. Good luck!
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 01:22 AM, Christopher P. Lindsey 
> wrote:
>
> > Just like Kitty did a few weeks back, I'm posting a list of what's 
> > coming
> > via mailorder to my doorstep this spring.  Some of it is coming as early
> > as next week -- I hope it warms up!
> >
> > I'm familiar with many of these plants, but any tips on growing them
> > in East Central Illinois (hot, humid summers, zone 5b USDA) will be
> > gladly accepted.  :)  Ones that I'm not familiar with have an asterisk
> > next to them -- I definitely need help there!
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >    1 Actinidia kolomikta 'Arctic Beauty'
> >    1 Alchemilla faeroensis pumila
> >    3 Allium unifolium
> >    1 Amelanchier stolonifera
> >    1 Anemone nemorosa 'Dee Day'
> >    1 Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'
> >    1 Anemone x lipsiensis*
> >    2 Anemonella thalictroides 'Semidouble White'
> >    1 Anthemis 'Susanna Mitchell'
> >    2 Anthemis tinctoria 'Sauce Hollandaise'
> >    1 Aplectrum hymale*
> >    1 Asarum naniflorum 'Eco Decor'*
> >    1 Asarum speciosum 'Woodlanders Select'*
> >    1 Asarum virginicum var. virginicum*
> >    1 Athyrium niponicum 'Burgundy Lace'
> >    1 Begonia grandis 'Alba'
> >    2 Brunnera macrophylla 'Dawson's White'
> >    2 Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'
> >    2 Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta [Blue Cloud]
> >    1 Cardamine enneaphylla*
> >    1 Carex ciliatomarginata 'Island Brocade'*
> >    1 Carex platyphylla *
> >    1 Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird'
> >    2 Convallaria majalis, yellow-striped form
> >    1 Cornus alba 'Ivory Halo'
> >    3 Cornus canadensis
> >    1 Cotoneaster procumbens
> >    1 Cypripedium acaule
> >    3 Desmanthus illinoensis
> >    1 Disporum 'White Lightning'
> >    1 Disporum maculatum
> >    1 Disporum smilacinum 'Aureovariegatum'
> >    1 Disporum smilacinum 'Flore Pleno'
> >    1 Disporum smilacinum HC 970451
> >    1 Disporum viridescens HC 970330
> >    2 Dodecatheon clevelandii spp. insulare*
> >    3 Epimedium grandiflorum 'Crimson Beauty'
> >    2 Epimedium grandiflorum 'Tama-no-Genpei'
> >    3 Epimedium grandiflorum var. higoense
> >    2 Epimedium grandiflorum var. violaceum 'Variegatum'
> >    1 Epimedium pinnatum colchicum
> >    1 Epimedium x warleyense
> >    1 Epimedium x warleyense 'Orangekvnigin'
> >    2 Epimedium x youngianum 'Lilliputian'
> >    2 Filipendula ulmaria 'Aurea'
> >    1 Gaultheria coriaceum*
> >    1 Gentiana acaulis*
> >    1 Gentiana dahurica 'Nikita'*
> >    3 Geranium 'Appleblossom'
> >    1 Geranium 'Nimbus'
> >    1 Geranium dalmaticum
> >    2 Geranium phaeum 'Calligrapher'
> >    1 Geranium pratense 'Plenum Violaceum'
> >    1 Habenaria blephariglottis*
> >    1 Helleborus foetidus 'Ruth'
> >    1 Heuchera 'Snow Angel'
> >    2 Heucherella 'Silver Streak'
> >    1 Heucherella 'Sunspot'
> >    1 Ilex verticillata 'Jim Dandy'
> >    1 Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Nana'
> >    1 Leucothoe keiskei
> >    1 Mandragora officinarum *
> >    1 Mertensia siberica*
> >    1 Myrica pensylvanica
> >    2 Nepeta ucranica *
> >    1 Omphalodes verna 'Alba'
> >    1 Omphalodes verna 'Elfenauge'
> >    1 Orchis spectabilis
> >    2 Panax quinquefolius
> >    1 Phegopteris decursive-pinnata
> >    2 Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'
> >    1 Polygonatum humile
> >    1 Polygonatum humile yellow-streaked dwarf form
> >    1 Polystichum setiferum 'Divisilobum'
> >    3 Pulmonaria rubra 'David Ward'
> >    2 Pulsatilla vulgaris fringed form
> >    3 Ranunculus ficaria 'Brazen Hussy'
> >    1 Ranunculus ficaria 'Greencourt Gold'
> >    1 Rubus arcticus* (I killed this once, so tips are needed)
> >    3 Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex'
> >    1 Schisandra lancifolia*
> >    1 Scrophularia auriculata 'Variegata'*
> >    1 Smilacina stellata
> >    1 Symphytum azureum
> >    1 Symphytum rubrum
> >    2 Syneilesis aconitifolia*
> >    2 Tellima grandiflora 'Forest Frost'
> >    1 Thalictrum filamentosum var. tenerum Heronswood Form
> >    1 Thalictrum omeiense [DJHC 762]*
> >    2 Tiarella 'Inkblot'
> >    1 Tiarella 'Pink Skyrocket'
> >    2 Tiarella 'Starfish'
> >    1 Tiarella wherryi 'Heronswood Mist'
> >    2 Trillium rivale
> >    1 Trillium tschonoskii*
> >    2 Trillium underwoodii*
> >    1 Tsuga canadensis 'Jeddeloh'
> >    1 Tsuga mertensiana*
> >    2 Uvularia sessilifolia 'Cobblewood Gold'
> >    3 Uvularia sesslifolia, variegated form
> >    2 Verbascum chaixii 'Pink Domino'
> >
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