Re: 'Limerock Ruby'

Well, Kitty, the wet crown thing seems to affect a lot of borderline
hardy plants - and from what I've heard, it's not just 'wet' crown,
but 'cold-wet' crown that does the plants in.  So, maybe it will
survive best in a dry site or raised bed situation.  I have not grown
Coreopsis for years; ever since where I used to have some sun became
too shady for them.  

Interesting about the cutting.  Probably because it roots from the
nodes and forms more roots from 2 nodes than one?

Tony has said many times about a lot of plants that are borderline
hardy in northern parts of z7 that keeping them dry over winter is
the key; they can handle cold, just not wet cold.  I have found this
pretty impossible in my clay borders, even when they otherwise drain
well.   Did read, however, on a nursery site whose name escapes me
just now, but it's in my climate zone, that they had kept a brug
alive by building an underground masonry wall around 3 sides of it;
amending the soil so it drained like a bandit and mulching like
mad....lotta work, but one of these years, I just may give it a
whirl.  The concrete block wall kept the soil warmer, it seems.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: kmrsy@comcast.net
> Marge,
> Yes I saw his comment and offer in PD catalogue. However, I also
read
> comments from him and others in the past year in which they
explained
> their reasons for referring to it as an annual. The two items I
remember
> are that A) the wet crown thing (appears Ceres read that one too),
and
> B) the type of cutting used - they seem to think that when the
plant
> comes from a two-node-rooted cutting vs a on-node-rooted cutting,
it has
> a better chance for survival.
> 
> 
> If it doesn't return it's ok. In 2002 a nice size plant cost
$10-12. In
> 2003 you could pick a nice one up for $4. It grows so quickly, that
it
> does make a useful annual and $4 is a reasonable price for the
amount of
> space it covers.

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