Re: drought

O.K., since my life seems very chaotic at the moment and I don' t have
time to do the planning....if somebody will plan this wonderful get
together....I WILL BE THERE! Just to meet everybody face to face would
be so AWESOME.

   
  Jess

Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
  I do think this might be the year for the great get together and plant swap. 
Sounds like a great idea to me.
zem
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] drought


> WOW...what a group we have here. Everybody willing to chip in and send
> Pam more plants. I love this group. And Pam..you KNOW you can have
> whatever I have..no problem. We have had a horrible drought in Oklahoma
> as well. Not as bad as Texas...but pretty bad. I figured what lives,
> lives. What dies....well, I'll just shop some more.
>
>
> Jess
>
> Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> Pam, I've got pineapple sage, too. It didn't spread as much as normal 
> last
> summer because of no rain, but I'm sure there's plenty to share with you.
> zem
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 8:51 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] drought
>
>
>> Pam, I always have Russian Sage, too, so if that doesn't come back, I can
>> get you some from here. Also, I'm sure I'll have some daylilies. If you
>> can tell me how to start some caryopteris for you, I'd be glad to do that
>> for you too. (Weigela is not something I have, unfortunately, nor any
>> Pineapple sage or Wild Thing salvia.)
>>
>> Let me know how to help and I'll get it out to you.
>>
>> Blessings,
>> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Pam Evans
>> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 8:18 PM
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] drought
>>
>> Yes, quite few. Pineapple sage croaked, the caryopteris (four of
>> them) also, even the Russian sage which likes dry conditions, I think all
>> of
>> three of those are toast too. Even my big Wild thing salvia isn't looking
>> too good. My weigela is a goner, going to replace it w/ a big rosemary.
>> No
>> telling if any of the grass will come back. If not, I'll just let the
>> weeds
>> take over the lawn. Been keeping all my viburnums well watered and the
>> roses. I think they will be OK, but only March will tell. Most of the
>> mints and purple coneflowers are history too. Some daylilies have
>> disappeared, but they may be hunkering down, at least I hope so. All I'm
>> planting next Spring are rosemary, lavender, thyme and salvias. And I
>> will
>> replace the purple coneflowers. They're a must w/ a bird & butterfly
>> sanctuary. I may do a few peppers in pots, because I must have my
>> peppers.
>> But I won't plant a big bed of them again. Ten months of this. It's
>> crazy.
>> Thanks for letting me vent Chris. I can't tell you how badly I want to
>> take
>> all the flood waters and redirect them to Oklahoma & Texas.
>>
>>
>> On 1/2/06, Chris Petersen wrote:
>>>
>>> Pam,
>>>
>>> Have you lost a lot of plants?
>>>
>>> Chris Petersen
>>> Northport, Long Island, New York
>>> Zone 7a (Average min temp 50 - 00)
>>>
>>> chris@widom-assoc.com
>>> My garden: http://photos.yahoo.com/chrispnpt
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
>>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Pam Evans
>> Kemp TX
>> zone 8A
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index