Re: great blue

I am having to do the same.B  The trees have grown where I first planted mine
and they have begun to flop.B  We had over 2" of rain yesterday and last
night.B  When I looked at the cocorahs map, I could see that TN got quite a
bit of flooding.B  A couple of camp sites in the Smokies had to be shut due to
high water.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 6:15:59 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [CHAT] great blue

OK, I'll transplant some to the full sun area and see how they do. B They
sure are pretty.

MOBOT says full sun to pt shade and also shows moisture to be medium to wet.
I guess my part shade was too big a part and maybe your wet area was too
wet. B It continues to say that it needs constant moisture. B My sunny areas
don't get constant moisture, but I'll see what I can do.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] great blue


> Mine are in full sun and stand up fine. B They reseeded farther west which
> is a
> very low spot where water collects, so at times it is a soggy mess there.
> They seem to thrive there this year which I found interesting.
>
> Donna
>
> --- On Sat, 9/26/09, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> Subject: [CHAT] great blue
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009, 2:48 PM
>
>
> Lobelia siphilitica, Great Blue Lobelia.
> I put 3 in in early spring 2008. B They did sorta ok the first year, just
> getting their legs. B This year they are thick and full with lush blue
> flowers,
> but they are a floppy, twirly mess. B  Not like the pretty pictures of
> staight
> up spikes I see on the net. B They are in part shade. B Would they be more
> erect
> in full sun?
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
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