Re: Companions
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- Subject: Re: Companions
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@cache.net>
- Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 08:22:39 -0600 (MDT)
Rima T writes:
> Hi--
>
> Lupine is terrific -- what great color combinations -- but very aphidy
> and a pain to clean up. I started with 18 plants that bloomed
> wonderfully for a few years, and then, depsite the fact that they grow
> and spread allover the place in the Catskills, mine started dying out.
> I have three this year. Has anyone else had this experience?
Welcome back to the list, Rima! I have had the same experience with
lupines, and seen references in the gardening literature that the
horticultural kinds are considered to be short-lived perennials
>
> The hostas are coming up very well. I hope they don't get eaten to the
> ground again.
This reminds me that I need to spread the slug bait around my hostas before
the leaves fully unfurl if I am not to wind up with Swiss cheese plants.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (Zone 4)
cwalters@cache.net
"This is the Place" - where Terry Aitken's IB, DARK WATERS, is
iris-of-the-day!
