Re: New plants...

I got a crepe myrtle this year, "Velma's Royal Delight" that is  
supposedly the most cold hardy of the crepe myrtles. According to  
Dirr, it survived -18F in Wichita, KS. We shall see...

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Aug 31, 2006, at 1:24 AM, Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:

>> I've been waiting until the nursery where my daughter bought my gift
>> certificate for my birthday had a sale, so today I came home with
>> Caryopteris 'Snow Fairy,' Sedum 'Pink Chablis' and Veronica austriaca
>> 'Trehane.'  Does anyone have any experience/advice with any of these?
>>
>> I want to make sure I place these just right.  The Caryopteris  
>> 'Snow Fairy'
>> has striking foliage and the pictures I see on the web for its  
>> flowers are
>> quite different from "Blue Mist" that I already have.  The 1  
>> gallon pot that
>> I have of it is not showing any sign of bloom.  How old does one  
>> need to be
>> to bloom?  My other Caryopteris has been in bloom for two or three  
>> weeks now
>> and still growing strong.
>
> The 'Snow Fairy' should use the same cultural conditions as your 'Blue
> Mist'; it won't even burn in full sun.  Personally, I like it in  
> dryish,
> well-drained partial shade so that the variegation shows more.
>
> The Veronica is probably best in full sun with partial shade.
>
>> when he finally conceded that there were a
>> number of places in the Miami Valley that were strictly zone 5 and  
>> that the
>> crape myrtle I was looking at was among those that were really  
>> zone 6.  Why
>> on earth couldn't they just tell me its zone up front?  I think that
>> approach will lose them more business than they will get.
>
> To be honest, even zone 6 is stretching it for a crepe myrtle.  6b  
> with
> protection, maybe.  :)
>
> Chris
>
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