Re: plant combo suggestions, please

**G* R* <g*@tiscali.co.uk>**

Cut the columbines off at ground level when they get leaf miner and 
soak them with liquid fertilizer - you'll get lots of fresh new 
foliage.

Graham

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>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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