Re: The Good and the Bad
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- Subject: Re: The Good and the Bad
- From: "* <j*@email.msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 13:51:29 -0500
NOW YOU TELL ME! :-) --John A.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Groothuis <mike.groothuis@worldnet.att.net>
To: hosta-open@mallorn.com <hosta-open@mallorn.com>
Date: Saturday, June 05, 1999 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: The Good and the Bad
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>> I made the division just to have a second plant. Now I supposed I'll
have
>> to wait
>> several years before it reaches any size worth its name.
>
>OH NO!! You should have left the division where it was! You may actually
>slowed the growth of your 'GE' even more. Now your plant has to overcome
the
>shock of the division before it can continue to grow and prosper. I have
had
>mine for 3 years now and it has another division at the base. I am
confident
>that it will grow good this year. Last year, I also had another shoot
>emerging, but that was late in the summer after the plant had already
>flowered.
>
>My favorites:
>
>For color- 'Great Expectations,' 'June,' and 'Aristocrat'
>For uniqueness- 'Tattoo,' and montana 'Kinkaku'
>
>Bad ones: 'Summer Music,' 'Wheaton Blue.'
>
>Good growth rate: 'Shade Fanfare,' 'Wide Brim,' 'Fringe Beneift,'
'Guacamole.'
>
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