Re: 'Limerock Ruby'

Thanks for the information.  How do you know about the lines?  Just
research or reading?   Most of the tags I have seen on plants give little
information.  If you want to research such things, where is the first place
you look?  

Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN




> [Original Message]
> From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 01/11/2004 7:19:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] 'Limerock Ruby' 
>
> Bonnie,
>
> Even though the raspberry red coloring and the threadlike leaves of both
> Limerock Ruby and Sweet Dreams may make them appear to be closely related,
> they are not. Though each is of mixed parentage, one is more of the C.
rosea
> line, while the other comes more directly from C. verticillata.  I bought
> both at the same time, lost the Ruby, but had no problem with Dreams
coming
> back.  It came back stronger in the sunnier location than it did in a part
> shade location.
>
> Kitty
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] 'Limerock Ruby'
>
>
> > I have been successful with "Sweet Dreams" Coreopsis rosea
> > (http://davesgarden.com/t/404283/) in a sunny raised bed along a rock
edge
> > with good drainage.  Previously, I had several to die and had about
given
> > up.  Also, put a yellow variety in an old yellow wheelbarrow next to
some
> > yellow-twig dogwood.  The bottom is about rusted out so there is plenty
of
> > drainage.  I love the look of the "Limerock Ruby" and may try it to see
if
> > it might survive overwinter here...maybe in the protection of the house.
> >
> > Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: Marge Talt <mtalt@hort.net>
> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > Date: 01/10/2004 11:36:46 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] '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
> > > mtalt@hort.net
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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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