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- Subject: Re: Serendipity
- From: b* t* <s*@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:55:06 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
-----Original Message----- >From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com >Sent: Sep 20, 2011 4:02 PM >To: gardenchat@hort.net >Subject: Re: [CHAT] Serendipity > >I tried to take a picture, but my computer wasn't cooperating, and the >picture I took wasn't that good anyway. BUT >Today when I was researching another topic for the newsletter I write, >I, totally by accident, discovered my mystery plant! It is >Eupatorium rugosum, or early white snakeroot. I don't know why it >is called "early" when it says it blooms from July into October. >Apparently it likes moist situations, so I guess this summer of >excessive rainfall is responsible for it's appearance. It is certainly >not growing in a moist situation, and I can't even guess where it >came from or how it got into the crack in my walk. > >There is quite a bit about it online now that I know what to look for. >None of the pictures I find there look as full and bushy as my plant, >but here is one that is pretty good, >_http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=EUPRUGvRUG_ >(http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=EUPRUGvRUG) > >Apparently there is a cultivar with dark leaves called 'Chocolate' but >mine doesn't have the colored leaves. However, I think it is a handsome >plant and I am delighted to have it. It seems to be native to more >southern states, so I hope it will be hardy here. > > >In a message dated 9/16/2011 11:15:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >zemuly@comcast.net writes: > >I agree with Bonnie. Save the seeds. Do you have a picture to share? > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Sep 16, 2011, at 5:53 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> >wrote: > >> What ever it is, you must save the seeds. You may have a new variety. >> I've never see white Joe Pye. I also have it growing in my gardens and >> love it. >> >> >> B >> ETN Zone 7 >> Remember the River Raisin, the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, 911. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com >> To: gardenchat@hort.net >> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 6:46:31 PM >> Subject: [CHAT] Serendipity >> >> As you all know, I'm not a very neat gardener. I let things grow >> where they want to, if I don't need the space for something else. >> Especially wild flowers that some people call weeds, like my >> beloved milkweeds. Another favorite that I let place itself is >> Joe Pye weed, and I have had a handsome one in the front bed >> this season. Well, I thought I had another coming along in a >> crack in the front steps. Usually I have Columbine there in the >> spring, and I thought I would let this grow until it got too big. >> As the season advanced it didn't get as big as Joe Pye usually >> does, but I thought it was probably because of the limited space >> it was growing in - really just a crack. Also, it didn't bloom as >> soon as the Joe Pye in the bed, but I told myself that it was >> because it was in more shade. Well, it has finally bloomed, >> very heavily, and it is white! What do I have? and where did it >> come from? I have looked in the wildflower books, and online, >> but nothing matches. It definitely is not Boneset, which is a >> white flower in the same family. It's foliage and growth habit >> is much like the blue Eupatorium coelestinum (some people >> call it perennial Ageratum, which it it not) that I have a nice >> bed of. The bloom is much the same, too, but it is bright >> white. Any ideas? >> Auralie > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the >message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT > Auralie, glad you figured it out. Believe this is the one that the Sunset book mentioned. --Barb Tandy, Grass Valley, CA --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
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