RE: Jesse Bell
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  • Subject: RE: Jesse Bell
  • From: &* M* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 22:56:02 -0400
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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