Re: peony, now Glaucidium, now Aconitum

Hello Ceres,
    You are speaking more to JoAn than I... she is the sun gardener. She has
one helianthus someone brought her a few years back. Has it with her grasses
on the west side of the property near a bluebird house on a fence post.
Terracotta bird bath is there as well. A landscaper friend just paid a visit
this week and brought her a variegated helianthus.... can't  remember the
name now. Cute little thing. He says it stays much smaller and is slower
grower than the species. I will tell here about Lemon Queen, and I know she
will want to know about the rudbeckia prairie sun... she grows several kinds
of ruds each year in her raised beds.
    I do get hit by blister beetles couple times a year on the fall blooming
anemone... they also hit clematis hard along with asparagras. It seems we
are a rarity here getting those beetles. Not very well known in this area.
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana

----- Original Message -----
From: <Cersgarden@aol.com>
> Gene, these are one of my favorites for fall bloom.  I have several, white
&
> pink.  The foliage is so clean. I can't remember ever having damage by
insect
> or disease.
>     The tall Helianthus "Lemon Queen' is exceptionally nice this yr.   I
> think I will try an early prune next yr so this will not get so tall.  It
does
> stand erect, however.
>     Have any of you tried the annual Rudbeckia 'Prairie Sun'? This long
> bloomer which I started from seed is gorgeous.  It stands so erect & the
blooms are
> about 6" dia.
>     Ceres

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