RE: Jesse Bell
gardenchat@hort.net
  • Subject: RE: Jesse Bell
  • From: &* C* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 12:26:55 -0500 (CDT)
And you have space for everything???? Wow!
Cathy
> On May 31, 2017 at 9:56 PM Kitty Morrissy <1018@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Chris, wonderful selections!  I have a few of them and there's a lot I'd like to have. You always find such great deals on interesting plants.
> 
> The following is most of what I've gotten this year:
> 
> Phygelius Coral Princess 
> Deutzia Creme Fraiche 
> Carex flaccosperma 
> Gladiolus Blue Tropic 
> Achillea King Edward
> Talinum p. Limon 
> Dianthus barbatus
> Centranthus ruber Coccineus
> Bergenia Bressingham Ruby 
> Clematis Venosa Violacea
> Filipendula Kahome
> Helleborus Confetti
> Heuchera Bronze Wave
> Heuchera Obsidian
> Leptodermis Oblonga
> Papaver Pulcinella Bright Orange
> Phlox d Plum Perfect
> Physocarpus Tiny Wine®
>  Physocarpus Dart’s Gold
> Stachys Pink Cotton Candy
> Nipponanthemum nipponicum
> Heucherella Alabama Sunrise
> Anthericum ramosum
> Caryopteris divaricata
> Globularia punctata
> Luzula nivea
> Penstemon cobaea
> Verbascum roripifolium
> Syringa Miss Kim
> Chaenomeles Double Take Peach
> Ilex x meservaea Gold Princess
> Buddleia Lo & Behold Blue Chip
> Buddleia Lo & Behold Lilac Chip
> Buddleia Lo & Behold Pink Micro Chip
> Buddleia Lo & Behold Purple Haze
> Buddleia Pugster Periwinkle
> Syringa Red Pixie
> Hydrangea quercifolia Munchkin
> Lilium Claude Shride
> Fritillaria raddeana Early Fantasy
> Jeffersonia Dark Centers
> Epimedium diphyllum Variegatum
> Epimedium grandiflorum Purple Prince
> Epimedium sempervirens Violet Queen
> Epimedium x Asiatic Hybrid
> Epimedium x Enchantress
> Epimedium xyoungianum Tamabotan
> 
> Kitty
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Christopher P. Lindsey
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 6:46 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Jesse Bell
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kitty Morrissy" <1018@rewrite.hort.net>
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 4:44:25 PM
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Jesse Bell
> > 
> > Nice to see all of you are still on the list. It’s been years but I 
> > think of all of you often. I hope Donna and Jim and some of the others 
> > are still here. I left the list because I was just too busy at the 
> > time for so many emails. Still busy, still having plant sales, and 
> > trying to keep the garden up. Buying wayyyyyyyyyyyy too many plants 
> > still. I swore not this year, but you should see the list. Where to 
> > put them all?
> 
> Hi Kitty!
> 
> It's good to "see" you again!  I've been cutting back on Facebook significantly.  I mostly use it to post a few news stories that I think are interesting and to catch up on family news, but I'm using it for gardening-related things less and less these days.
> 
> In true sisyphean fashion, I continue to plug away at hort.net.  I'm trying a different approach this time.  Maybe focus on one part instead of trying to do everything at once?  :D
> 
> > So what new acquisitions are all of you boasting?
> 
> I think you saw my post on the perennials list. 
> but I've acquired a *lot* more since then.  This seems to be the year for really good sales, and I can't pass them up.
> 
> For example, I just bought Asarum splendens in a one-gallon pot literally overflowing (it's about two feet wide) for only $9.
> 
> OK, I've now linked to the real-time document I keep every year for my
> plants:
> 
>    http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/2017.txt
> 
> I try to enter every plant as I buy them (location, purchase date, size), then add comments about cultural requirements.  Finally, I put an 'x' by the name and the location it was planted if it's in the ground already.  
> 
> The big scary one for me this year is an awesome gift that I received:
> Acer japonicum 'Aureum'.  It's a beautiful specimen, but it's also expensive and I'm afraid I'll pick the wrong spot and kill it.  :) I'm not sure how well it will do in part-shade here.
> 
> I have the rooftop vegetable garden planted and irrigated now, and I'm finishing up the irrigation through the rest of the yard.  Some of it broke over the winter because I couldn't flush the system in time.
> 
> I'm trying to make this the year that I "fix" the garden, so I'm spending a lot of time weeding and fixing areas that had become overgrown.  The backyard almost looks decent again, and hopefully the front will be there soon.  Then I'll do the hardscape to finish it off...
> 
> What's everyone else up to?
> 
> Chris
> 
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