Re: Peonies/now birds

My male robins are SO fat. They hit underneath the feeders but they
still love that little stretch of grass between the viburnums and the
herb bed. And I have the hugest, fatest blue jay ever - he's the size of
a small hawk - enormous!!

  
Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan
Sent: 5/17/2004 7:51:42 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: RE: RE: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the South

> Well, Pam, my robins don't bother with the grass much any more.  They prefer
> the soft, rich worm fields of my garden beds!  LOL!!!  While I was digging
> for the new peonies, one robin stayed about 4' away and as I moved down,
> he/she moved into the turned earth and had a field day.  (They must know I'm
> not threat.)  Now if I could just get them interested in the ants in the
> mulch....)
> 
> Blessings,
> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> Of gardenqueen@academicplanet.com
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 1:06 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: RE: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the South
> 
> That is totally eloquent of our pal, n'est pas?? And yes I have a little
> grass left, but need that for the habitat - robins hunting worms and so
> forth. Up front I can do the whole thing w/ hand shears if I have to.
> LOL
> 
>   
> Pam Evans
> Kemp, TX
> zone 8A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lynda Young
> Sent: 5/17/2004 8:03:31 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: RE: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the South
> 
> > "dry champagne edged in a sweet merlot" - oh, you do have a way with
> > words.  I can imagine exactly what that Iris looks like. :)
> > 
> > Lynda
> > Zone 7, West TN
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of Bonnie & Bill Morgan
> > Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:56 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: RE: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the South
> > 
> > 
> > Pam, do you have any grass left in your yard?  Then there's room for a
> > new bed! LOL!!!  
> > 
> > My back's pretty sore right now from digging another 4' X 6' area for
> > mom's peonies.  I got the one clump in (now about 6 smaller clumps when
> > the roots
> > separated.)  I shutter to think how much more digging I need to do for
> > the rest of her peonies!  UGH!  I made a raised bed for them because the
> > roots were so long and so deep, not to mention thick!  They were well
> > watered.  I tried to put mulch over them, but the mulch pile I used must
> > have an ant colony in it.  Talk about a biting swarm!  I've got to get
> > new mulch. Hopefully, next Sunday when I go back to Indy, I'll be able
> > to see what color the rest of the peonies are so I can get a sample of
> > each variety mother has.  I'm not sure how I'll color code them as I dig
> > them out. 
> > 
> > I received a number of iris in swaps with folks at work and elsewhere
> > last year.  This is the first year I've seen them bloom.  One is the
> > most delicate sky blue that literally glistens in the sunlight.  One
> > looks like dry champagne edged in a sweet merlot.  Another is a white
> > variety that is stunning in its own right.  There is one clump in the
> > patriotic garden that has not yet revealed its color, but I can hardly
> > wait!  Everything is so full, I know I'll be busy next spring (or later
> > this season) dividing and removing extra's.  One of my neighbors had
> > reminded me of my plan to line at least the North side of the driveway
> > with a border.  She thought it was pretty ambitious at the time, but has
> > been impressed with the progress I've made.  At the rate I'm going, it
> > will take more than a 29 year plan.  (If the driveway were much longer,
> > some might think it was a lane.
> > 
> > Blessings,
> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> > 
> > Blessings,
> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of gardenqueen@academicplanet.com
> > Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:37 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the South
> > 
> > I don't have room for one but Andrea might take you up on it. I really
> > am squeezing stuff in w/ a shoe horn now. My friend Elaine was at
> > Longwood Gardens last month and wanted so badly to get me a plant, but
> > as she looked around the other day - she said "you have no place to put
> > it". She's right! Those beds are FULL!
> > 
> > 
> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp, TX
> > zone 8A
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Melody
> > Sent: 5/16/2004 5:14:17 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the South
> > 
> > > Andrea and Pam: I have two festiva maxima peonies and I love them! I'm
> > 
> > > probably going to divide them this fall as they have gotten absolutely
> > 
> > > enormous (about 3 feet across and about 4 feet tall with buds on), so 
> > > it's time. Up here peonies cant get pretty big...I'll send you a 
> > > picture when they bloom. Now...do you guys want some to try free 
> > > before you buy? If you'll remind me in the fall, I'll be happy to send
> > 
> > > you each some.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
> > > 
> > > "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
> > > --Albert Einstein
> > > 
> > >  --- On Sat 05/15,  < gardenqueen@academicplanet.com > wrote:
> > > From:  [mailto: gardenqueen@academicplanet.com]
> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 21:22:10 -0500
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Peonies for the South
> > > 
> > > Andrea - how big are these things? I've got no room for anything 
> > > bigger<br>than a small lavender. Peonies in the South?? What a 
> > > concept.<br><br><br>Pam Evans<br>Kemp, TX<br>zone 8A<br>----- Original
> > 
> > > Message -----<br>From: Andrea H<br>Sent: 5/15/2004 8:04:51 PM<br>To:
> > > gardenchat@hort.net<br>Subject: [CHAT] Peonies for the South<br><br>> 
> > > I read in the book Passalong Plants by Steve Bender and Felder Rushing
> > 
> > > today<br>> that there are 3 peonies that will survive in the deep 
> > > south.<br>> <br>> Festiva maxima, Big Ben, and a pink on that I can't 
> > > remember the name of.<br>> Apparently, we have to plant the early 
> > > flowering ones as the rest will not<br>> make it.<br>> <br>> Has 
> > > anyone tried this down here? We are supposed to plant them in October 
> > > so<br>> I'm going to see if I can buy some to plant in the fall. I've 
> > > GOT to try this.<br>> <br>> Andrea H<br>> Beaufort, SC<br>> <br>>
> > >
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