Re: Picking Your Collective Brain

**"Jacqueline Heriteau" j*@msn.com**

That's a thought...can they carry seeds that big that distance?  
"self sow" is probably not the right way to describe what happens.....maybe birds spread the seeds......the bed that has the most peonies hadn't been deadheaded for ever...been lefgt wild for maybe 15 years.. bringing it back was a nightmare...lily of the valley had become a weed and it's deep rooted and hard to eradicate...
The funny part is all the years I lived in DC I tried to grow lily of the valley, peonies, ferns and struggled with pachysandra ground cover that kept dying...the invasives here are lily of the valley, ferns, peonies, pachysandra
As I said in the introduction  to Feast of Flowers, (Houghton Mifflin) life has a way of giving you  what you very much want.
Jacqui Heriteau

----- Original Message -----
From: Maryann Whitman
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 11:10 AM
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Ants might be responsible for carrying the seeds.

Maryann Whitman

-----Original Message-----
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[g*@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jacqueline
Heriteau
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 4:48 PM
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Peonies--they don't come true... but believe me, they do self sow...I
wouldn't have believed it either which is why I mentioned it....right now
there is a peony in its third season in a bed of pachysandra where there
have never been peonies... the nearest peonies are at least 100 feet away
with lawn between.
???
Jacqui Heriteau.

----- Original Message -----
From: jo ellen meyers sharp
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 7:51 AM
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I, too, live in Zone 5 and have never seen peonies self sow...spread   
by enlarging their clumps, yes. Self sow? No. Even if they did, they   
wouldn't likely come true.

Other plants that bloom in May/June that are pretty low maintenance:

* Coral bells (Heuchera) -- species and hybrids...drainage is   
important. Very long bloom cycles. Spent blooms look good in the   
landscape, too. These should be planted in clusters for the best   
flower show.
* Columbine (Aquilegia) canadensis and hybrids. Leaf miners can be a   
problem, so can bad drainage, but these guys are easy and beautiful.   
I never worry about the miners.
* Leopard's bane (Doronicum) -- not a long lived perennials (about   
three years in my garden) but a very long bloomer.
* Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Bath's Pink' (This is a plant I never   
"plant"... just lay on the soil and it spreads).
* Clematis integrifolia -- I call this a pop-up plant 'cause you   
never know where its bell like purple/blue flower will pop up. A   
trailing clematis rather than a climber.
* Johnny jumpups (Viola cornuta). Yep, they fade when it gets hot,   
but they are just too cute for words early in the season. These do   
self sow.

jems

>The surprise in an inherited perennial border totally disguised by   
>weeds was Oriental poppies ....brilliant color all over the place
>-- no effort involved...
>In my region (zone 5) peonies actually spread if not deadheaded....
>Nepeta....spreads like a weed....blooms twice...
>ornamental grasses....
>Jacqui Heriteau    
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Doreen Howard
>Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 1:22 PM
>To: gardenwriters-on-gardening; gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: [GWL] Picking Your Collective Brain
>
>What spring perennials give the biggest bang for the buck in your opinion?

>I'm looking for ones that bloom in full sun from early May into June (Zone

>5), are fairly low in stature and easy to maintain--no fussing needed.
>Doreen Howard
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