Columbine combo suggestions

**f*@aol.com**

Carlo, you must get around more than I do. Haven't toured Hades yet. :-) But I don't agree -- there's a place for variegation, though it can be overdone.
When I used to plant columbines, if I didn't deadhead them fanatically, after 2 or at most 3 years all I had were muddy magenta/blue flowers no matter what colors I'd planted; the seed didn't come true, and the seedlings were more vigorous than the parents. And deadheading, unfortunately, has always been a "when I get around to it" activity. Is this still true of the varieties available now? 
JF
PS: I like Graham's idea. 

From: carlobal@netzero.net <carlobal@netzero.net>
To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 9:46 am
Subject: Re: [GWL] plant combo suggestions, please

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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