Re: gardenwriters Digest, Vol 114, Issue 15

**N* S* <s*@earthlink.net>**

Regarding liners blooming themselves to death. Allan Armitage suggests  
disbudding these  plants the first season to allow them to
put their energy growing an extensive root system and storing carbs  
over the winter.

Okay, I often cut off the prior copy , but here I think it is pertinent.
Nancy Szerlag
On Jul 23, 2012, at 4:15 PM, Renee Beaulieu wrote:

> RE: Lorraine's hydrangea query.
>
>>>
> I've been nursing along the little hydrangea plugs we got at NE  
> Grows and
> mine is finally ready to takes its place in the garden. However,  
> somewhere
> along the way I lost the name that identified the plant. Can anyone  
> tell me
> which hydrangea this one is so I can properly site it re its
> characteristics, likes and dislikes? >>
>
> Hope Angela Palmer chimes in with the answer. There were no labels  
> on the
> hydrangeas, as I recall. I suspect it might be Angela's newest intro,
> Everlasting(TM) Revolution, because she raved about how  
> extraordinary a
> plant it would grow into. Reblooming H. macrophylla. Mine's been  
> growing
> nicely, although the tip was nipped by some night marauder last week
> Details here
> http://www.plantsnouveau.com/plant/hydrangea-everlasting-revolution/
>
> Meanwhile, my Tiarella 'Stephanie' (also from Plants Nouveau)  
> bloomed from
> February (indoors)  to June. !!! Here's hoping it makes it through the
> winter. I always worry that the bloomingest plants will bloom  
> themselves to
> death instead of spending any energy making roots. But I'm keeping my
> fingers crossed on this little lovely.
>
> Renée
>
> -- 
> Renée Beaulieu
> 34 Evergreen Avenue
> New London, CT 06320
> renee.beaulieu@gmail.com
> _______________________________________________

Nancy Szerlag
Columnist for Detroit News
szerlag@earthlink.net

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