Re: Companions

Jeff and Carolyn Walters wrote:
> 
> 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!

Hi Jeff--

Would I be better off digging up the lupines I see growing in the
fields?  Do you think it is the slug that eats the hosta to the ground
just as it is about to bloom?  If so, what kind of bait do you use? 
(And I thought it was the dreaded deer).
Rima  terra@catskill.net

and thanks for the "welcome back".
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