Re: plant combo suggestions, please

**j* e* m* s* <h*@sbcglobal.net>**

Columbines (Aquilegia) slow way down or stop flowering once the 
weather heats up here. That's about the time the leafminers show up 
and begin their fancy tracks. I cut the plants back hard and they 
usually send up a fresh flush of foliage that says pretty clean 
through the rest of the season. I love these guys a plants that 
bridge spring and summer.

jems

>I've found that cutting back the leaf-miner damaged Columbines ( and taking
>the trash out of the garden) often results in new, clean growth that looks
>good to the end of the season. Your mileage may vary.
>
>d
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "C.L. Fornari" <clfornari@mail.com>
>To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
><gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 3:22 PM
>Subject: [GWL] plant combo suggestions, please
>
>
>>  Dear All,
>>  My dear husband loves Columbines, and I do not. I would appreciate them
>>  more if they didn't look ratty and disfigured with Columbine Leafminer
>>  from mid-July on, but there you have it. Last spring when I was ordering
>>  seeds for the things I DO like, he asked me to order Aquilegia. Since he
>>  pretty much defers to me when it comes to other plant choices and garden
>>  design (and I'm annoyingly picky, I admit) I went ahead and ordered them,
>>  hoping that they wouldn't germinate. They did.  Every one.
>>
>>  I now have two large areas of assorted Columbines and I want to interplant
>>  these areas with something that won't overwhelm the little suckers but at
>>  the same time might draw the eye from the leafminer damage and generally
>>  look splendid later in the season.  Any suggestions?
>>
>>  with thanks,
>>  C.L.
>>  C.L. Fornari
>>  www.gardenlady.com
>  > blog: www.wholelifegardening.com
>

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