Re: TB: red-bearded blacks
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- Subject: Re: TB: red-bearded blacks
- From: v* l*
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 16:57:23 -0800 (PST)
From: vince lewonski <vincelewonski@yahoo.com>
> From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
>
> I have been reading the posts about red-bearded blacks with much
interest.
> I have been eyeing them for some time but undecided as which to get.
The
> ones I have seen mentioned, NIGHT GAME, WITCHES WAND, and LOCAL
COLOR are
> ones that I have noticed. Also TOM JOHNSON. Any others? Can someone
> describe the main differences between each of these and suggest
which ones
> might do for zone 4 clay soil?
>
WITCH'S WAND did not do well for me. It would look great until spring,
then it would act like it had a disease and fail to grow. After bloom
season it would perk up again. After three years, it finally had one
stalk with 4 (if memory serves) buds. Nice looking, but hard to get
going.
I planted NIGHT GAME in '97. Didn't bloom last year, and died of rot
in summer. (Does this prove Linda's theory?) BUT - this was a really
nasty summer, and it succumbed after many days of rain. I think it may
have survived if it had been better established.
I have heavy clay soil.
==
Vince Lewonski
Secane, PA Zone 6
In some cultures, what I do would be considered normal!
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