Re: what does your garden grow/seed

As for my little slice of Heaven - got lots of four o'clock seeds as
usual. Will have lots of yellow trumpet vine (Campsis 'Flava') seeds
when the pods dry and next February, early March - cannas!! It's the
only time I can ship them before they get too big for copy paper boxes.
Eva sent me pictures of her enormous stand of cannas grown from one box
full I sent her Spring 2002. Prolific creatures they are. I can't
imagine having to dig them all up though - yikes. Also have lots of
lemon balm seedlings now and in Spring if anyone wants any...




---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: kmrsy@comcast.net
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Fri, 03 Oct 2003 16:17:44 +0000

>Nice of you to offer starts Bonnie. Right now I don't want to deal with
>small plants, maybe next spring, but thanks for offering. For my part, I
>haven't collected hardly any seed this year, but there is still time. I
>just collected some Galtonia candicans (Summer Hyacinth) if anyone wants
>any and earlier in the season I collected some perennial foxglove seed.
>I've never found the name in any reference book the same way that T&M
>printed it on the package. but the species began with an 'm', so perhaps
>it's mertonensis. Anyway, it's definitely perennial, not biennial.
>Blooms first year from seed if started early and color can vary from
>white to rose. I'll also have some Amsonia tabernaemontana if anyone is
>interested.
>
>
>Kitty
>> I find it interesting to see what plants seem to take off in what
>> gardens, even in the same zone. My garden seems to like orange cosmos,
>> fuchsia celosia, bronze fennel, Ajuga repatans, Ceratostigma
>> plumbaginoides, Rudbeckia fulgida, Vernonia gigantea, Buddleia davidii,
>> Cercis canadensis (I pull these out like weeds), and Liriodendron
>> tulipifera...all of which seem to reproduce with no effort.
>> 
>> 
>> These may be the easiest for all to reproduce but I find myself giving
>> these "passalongs" fairly frequently, especially to new gardeners. Let
>> me know if any of you are interested.
>> 
>> 
>> Also, started my Master Gardener's course. There are a couple of Master
>> Gardeners from other regions in the class...one from Florida where is
>> soil, plants, and climate are completely different. The first class was
>> on lawn maintenance...not one of my favorites as I don't favor a lawn
>> for me. Recently read that Americans first had kitchen and cottage
>> gardens. The lawn evolved during the Victorian era when people visited
>> on foot. It allowed the view of people walking to "visits" and provided
>> a nice entrance for those coming to the front door. Also, using shrubs
>> in the front of the house was due to the need to cover up unsightly
>> construction when homes were raised to put in furnaces and plumbing. I
>> am not sure what "lawns" are for now, other than exercise.
>> 
>> 
>> Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN
>> 
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



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