RE: Odd occurrences

These purple morning glories will cover a LOT of fence and heat doesn't
bother them at all. Holler at me (off list) if you need any...


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Kitty Morrissy" <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 10:48:34 -0500

>> I am gald to here that your clematis does well on a chain link fence. I
>> planted a few where I wanted to block my neighbors view. They are
>> starting to fill out and hopefully will do that by next year. I was
>> worried that the fence would get to hot and burn them out.
>>
> I suppose they actually shade the fence.
>Kitty
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Donna <justme@prairieinet.net>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Date: 6/8/2003 7:58:57 AM
>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Odd occurrences
>>
>> IMHO, this is the year for shrubs here... mine have been outstanding, so
>> thinking it applies to most of those type plants. Most plants will
>> attempt to resituate themselves for there needs... so yep, thinking the
>> cloudiness of late made the clematis head in the direction you wanted.
>>
>> I constantly find things in the strangest places. Not unusual here.
>> Things move from the back yard to the front all the time. I attribute
>> most of this to birds and other wildlife here.
>>
>> I am gald to here that your clematis does well on a chain link fence. I
>> planted a few where I wanted to block my neighbors view. They are
>> starting to fill out and hopefully will do that by next year. I was
>> worried that the fence would get to hot and burn them out.
>>
>> Donna
>>
>> > 
>> > About 13 years ago I planted 2 clematis on chain link fence.  This is
>> > just an "arm" of fence; The neighbor's fence t's into mine, but mine
>> > continues a couple feet to it's last post.  The fence runs east to
>> west;
>> > the arm being at the east end, with full southern exposure - nothing
>> in
>> > the way.  I always wanted the vines to grow to the west , continuing
>> on
>> > the fence after the t or at least to head south on the neighbor's
>> fence.
>> > But they always mounded on themselves and, if anything were inclined a
>> > bit to the east.  This year, though, they are traveling west, all on
>> > their own, and a few have even headed south on the neighbor's fence.
>> > Why?  A friend suggested that because it's been so dreary, no sun,
>> they
>> > more readily followed what little light we got as the sun headed west.
>> > But it's not the first dreary spring.  any ideas? Another happy
>> oddity:
>> > Asarum europaeum.  I have a small colony that I thinned out a couple
>> yrs
>> > ago that has thickened right up again.  Have had the plants about 10
>> > years.  This year I am finding seedlings in all the strangest places.
>> > Some are about 15 -20 ft away, but other I've found are a good 50 feet
>> > from the plants.  Is this normal?  I also just found corydalis
>> seedlings
>> > in front of the house when the only plant I had was way out back.
>> > Verrrrrrrrrrrryyyyy
>> > Interesting..... Kitty
>>
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Pam Evans
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