RE: Help identifying a spring bloomer
- Subject: RE: Help identifying a spring bloomer
- From: C* I*
- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 12:08:39 -0500
Hello all!
Marilyn try this!
>http://www.rmrp.com/Photo%20Pages/R/Ranunuculus%20Brazen%20Hussy%20100DPI.htm
(what a cutie too!)
but this sounds tasty
BRAZEN HUSSY
1 ounce vodka
1 ounce Cointreau or triple sec
1/2 ounce lemon juice
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine all of the
ingredients. Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass.
Serves 1.
hee, hee Actually these were near the top of the google search!
(If you can't tell, I am stuck inside with a sick daughter!)
Cheryl
>Good morning Gene, Marge and Everyone,
>
> What excellent combinations in Gene's message - need to try
>some of those!
>
> But while I am rearranging my woodland garden, I have a burning
>question......
> I have a sweet little perennial that has seeded around and made some
>identical offspring. I am delighted with it and would like to add it to my
>catalog - just one problem - I've lost the tag and am having a major brain
>cramp. I hope someone on this list will be able to ID it for me. It has
>small, round, very dark purple leaves. Overall size is - maybe 6 inches
>across x 3-4 inches tall in bloom. It has BRIGHT yellow ray flowers.
>Cultivar name is 'Brazen Hussy' (can't forget a name like that). I know we
>discussed it a couple of years ago on this list, that was why I bought it.
>I considered doing a Google search for 'Brazen Hussy', but decided I'm
>probably not ready for the results I'd get!
>
>Marilyn Dube'
>Natural Designs Nursery
>Portland, Oregon
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
>Of Gene Bush
>Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 4:32 AM
>To: perennials@hort.net
>Subject: Re: Help identifying hellebores?/ companion plants
>
>Hello Marge,
> I am in agreement about the dark color blooms of helleborus... they
>definitely need to be place close to the path where they will show up. I
>have 3 of the slate/dark blue I grew from seed some years back. they are in
>a raised bed next to a path. Last fall I went back and transplanted Phlox
>stolonifera 'Ariane'. This cultivar has exceptionally large flowers of white
>with a yellow eye over ground hugging bright green foliage. Will not come
>into bloom until about half-way through the bloom cycle of the hellebore.
>Above this level there is an oak leaf hydrangea and I used a blue flowering
>form of phlox stolonifera there with arisaema, columbine and hepatica.
> With my dark reds I am using primula veris in drifts. With some of the
>species that are green/ purple flowering I am using Phlox divaricata for a
>more "natural" or casual effect. Here again, there are several cultivars
>with different color blooms and varying fragrance.
> Gene E. Bush
>
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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH
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