Re: plant combo suggestions, please

**l*@juno.com**

 My columbines (wild and hybrid) are planted near perennials that start
growing later and are much taller. They effectively hide the columbines
once the leaf miners start. One batch is at the top of a berm, so I see
the flowers, but have to climb up there to see the damage.

If somebody has a good, sustainable solution to these little buggers, I'd
sure like to know what it is. I'm not a perfectionist in the garden, so I
view their damage as "natural variegation."

Regards,
Lois
Visit: http://loisdevries.blogspot.com

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:46:39 GMT "carlobal@netzero.net"
<carlobal@netzero.net> writes:
> 
> Yes...but they're ugly as Hades...
> 
> Carlo A. Balistrieri  
> The Gardens at Turtle Point
> Tuxedo Park, NY 10987
> Zone 6  (845.351.2849)
> Visit:   www.botanicalgardening.com and its BGBlog
> 
> -- frielster@aol.com wrote:
> 
> 
>  C.L.,
> one possible dodge is to grow the variegated-leaf varieties, like 
> Granny's Gold, Leprechaun Gold, Woodside Gold, or Lime Frost. They 
> get leaf miner too, but it's harder to see the damage. 
> JF
> 
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> From: C.L. Fornari <clfornari@mail.com>
> To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum 
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> Sent: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 3:22 pm
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