Re: checking in / happy fall!
In this case, the asters were "daughters" of the mother clump. Alma
has decided that she wants to take over the bed! I dug up the entire
root ball of each of them, so the operation was not really a division.
Cathy, west central IL, z5b
On Sep 30, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Kitty wrote:
> Re > ... Transplanted two clumps of Alma Potschke aster.
> Really? I always wait until spring to divide her. Right now, a
> 2yr old Alma is absolutely mammoth; I've trussed her up with
> fencing to help keep her upright even after having pinched 3 times
> during the season. I can't imagine moving her while she is in full
> bloom. I always divide her no later than the 3rd season, because
> otherwise she's so thick, it becomes daunting.
> Speaking of daunting...I divided a Hydrangea mac 'Lilacina'
> yesterday. What a job.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Carpenter"
> <cathy.c@insightbb.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] checking in / happy fall!
>
>
>> I spent today cleaning the crabgrass and other grassy weeds out of
>> one of two perennial beds. Resigned myself to almost completely
>> redoing it because of the amount of digging necessary to remove the
>> undesirables. Saved seeds from my Silene regiae because I am also
>> spreading Preen. Transplanted two clumps of Alma Potschke aster.
>> Hauled three wheelbarrows full to the burn pile. Planted 3 Kniphofia
>> 'Red Flamingo', 5 Echinacea 'Rubinstern', and one Louisiana iris
>> 'Joie de Vivre'. Now off to downtown Chicago to attend a non plant
>> related :>( meeting. The fare on Amtrak will be the least expensive
>> part of the three days.
>>
>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
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