RE: Russian sage - invasive?

Mine are in full sun, plain ol' desert dirt (very little organic matter, a
bit alkaline), and they got watered maybe once every couple weeks last
summer.  I bought them mail-order last year, something like two-inch pots,
and they shot up to 3' high and maybe 2' wide the first year. It was a
little alarming actually. I was expecting them to slow down this year. 
I also bought a desert willow (chilopsis linearis) for the same garden area,
just because the catalog claimed it had better blooms than the ordinary
type, and it showed up as a four inch stick. The thing got up to 6' tall its
first year. I sure wish I had that kind of luck with everything I plant, but
I guess it just shows what can happen when you aren't trying to fight the
climate. 
 
Cyndi

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Zemuly Sanders
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:00 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Russian sage - invasive?


I have two plants and wish they would grow.  I've had them a number of 
years, and they look about the size they were when I planted them.  Could 
the ground be too rich?  Or maybe there's just too much competition from 
surrounding plants or too little direct sun.
zem
zone 7
West TN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judy Browning" <judybrowning@lewiston.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Russian sage - invasive?


> My Perovskia is growing with some morning sun then high shade in the
> summer,
> full sun in the spring. It is staying smaller than the ones I see in full
> sun. It has not suckered for me and I have seen only three seedlings in 
> the
> 4 years I've had it here. It also gets competition from canterbury bells,
> butterfly bush, a rose bush & bearded iris to name just the bigger plants 
> by
> it. A friend has one in full sun. Hers has only occasional seedlings.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ AFFTC/ITSR" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:56 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Russian sage - invasive?
>
>
>> Anyone growing Russian sage (perovskia atriplicifolia)?  I planted 
>> some
> last
>> year in my dry garden and it did really well. I noticed this year 
>> that
> there
>> are suckers around the base of all 3 I planted, and small seedlings 
>> about
> 3
>> to 4 feet away from one of them. It's supposed to spread to about 3'
>> wide,
>> but they are almost that big already and I didn't see anything that
>> indicates it is a pest. Now I'm wondering what I've gotten into. Has
> anyone
>> else had experience with it?
>>
>> Cyndi
>>
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