Re: Jesse Bell
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  • Subject: Re: Jesse Bell
  • From: &* P* L* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 22:22:01 -0500 (CDT)

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Auralie Logan" <5bef58771@rewrite.hort.net>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Friday, June 2, 2017 7:38:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Jesse Bell
> 
> Hi. I'm still here but pretty tottery. Since my broken hip at
> Christmas, I haven't been
> able to get down the hill to my garden. I can see that things are
> blooming, especially
> the peonies, and masses of wild dame's rocket, but I can't really do
> much about it. I
> have hopes of a teenager who might be willing to help me plant.

Hi Auralie,

I'm sorry about your hip!  I hope things get better for you and
that teenager shows up.

> I am so glad to hear from all of you. I was so glad to hear that Gene
> Bush is getting
> better. He sent me a plant many years ago that the deer wouldn't
> like. It has spread
> and filled in the empty spaces in my front bed, and bloomed so nicely
> this spring, but
> I can't for the life of me remember what it was called. It is a
> perennial that grows about
> two feet tall, has heart-shaped slightly fuzzy leaves, and small
> bright yellow flowers.

Could it be Saruma henryi?

   http://hort.li/1ISI

If so, I'm jealous.  I tried growing it here, but it never seemed to
thrive.  I could never get more than a couple of years out of a plant.

Chris

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