Re: I think it's spring
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  • Subject: Re: I think it's spring
  • From: A*@aol.com
  • Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:46:01 EDT
Thanks so much for the offer, Pam.  I ordered plants back in January
on Bluestone's 20% off  plan, and it really looks as if mine from last
year have a lot of life in them, so I'll have a good supply.
'Powis Castle' is one of my very favorite plants.  I love to have a lot
of texture from foliage in my gardens anyway, and that just sets off
everything so beautifully.  And I love its fragrance.
Thanks, anyway.
APL
 
In a message dated 3/18/2011 6:41:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
gardenqueen@gmail.com writes:

Auralie, I'll have to prune my big 'Powis Castle' very soon.  You want me to
wrap up the nice cuttings and send?   They used to get to Marge Talt in MD
in good shape?   Just let me know @ your convenience.

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 5:20 PM, <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:

> Bizarre weather.  The piles of snow are gone, washed away by the floods,
> and today it's in the 70s.  I got down to the vegetable garden for the
> first
> time since December. I put in a short row of peas, since the ground was
> quite thawed.  For the past two years I have had no crop of peas or beans
> because the plants were eaten by some critter - probably a woodchuck.This
> time I started with a short row, and gave it a heavy treatment of a new
> product
> offered by Park's which says it repels small pests. We'll see.  There's 
not
> much
> point in planting when things get eaten before they can produce.  I'll try
> this
> with squash and sunflowers when it's time to plant them - in the last
> couple
> of years the seeds have been eaten right in the ground before they 
sprouted
> -
> chipmunks I think.
>  I spent some time trying to loosen the thich crust in the front flower
> bed.
> We had mulched with leaves last fall, as we usually do, but I guess it was
> because there had been a heavy snow pack since December, it has formed
> a thick, brittle crust.  I've never seen it like that before. When I break
> it up
> with my fingers, there is plenty of green life beneath, but no shoots
> coming
> through.  Even hefty things like Hellebores were not making it.
>  My Artemisia 'Powis Castle', which is not reliably hardy, seems alive, as
> does the Ruta graveolens.  I cut them back pretty sharply, for they had
> been
> very lush last year.  Here's hoping they survive.  I have already ordered
> more
> plants from Bluestone, not expecting anything to survive the bitter 
winter,
> but
> there will always be space for more.
>  I know there will be more cold weather, but it's good to have a break.
> We
> are just about dried out in the downstairs apartment after two separate
> floods.  We have had floods before - maybe every seven or eight years - 
but
> never two in one season.  What a winter!
>  Here's hoping the rest of you are enjoying a touch of spring, too.
> APL
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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