RE: New plants?

Theresa, it sounds as though you are one of the lucky ones!  May your plant
prosper :)!

Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On Behalf
Of Tchessie
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 9:14 PM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: RE: New plants?

Hi Marilyn-
I'm in zone 8-9 and this year my Limerock ruby survived and is leaving out
nicely.  I wish I knew why it made it this year and not last year.  We
actually had colder weather this winter- so not sure.  Hopefully if it made
it through the first winter, it will continue to survive future winters too.

Theresa

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
Behalf Of Marilyn Dube
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 11:25 AM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: RE: New plants?


Well, I see I have lots of company!  I'm working on killing Brise D' Anjou
for the 3rd time right now. C. 'Limerock Ruby' isn't even hardy here in zone
8b!  I believe it has been reclassified as an annual.  However its companion
C. 'Sweet Dreams' is quite hardy and a very pretty plant.  I used it in
several containers last year as a "spiller" and it was very nice.  I had P.
David Ward for a number of years and then it just disappeared.....and come
to think of it the leaves started out flat but became bowed in later years.
How odd.
Now I would like to put in a good word for my favorite of the newer, more
expensive perennials.  I can't say enough good things about Brunnera 'Jack
Frost'!  What an outstanding plant!  Mine is in full bloom with beautiful
forget-me-not blue flowers right now, but the best thing about it are those
big heart shaped frosted leaves THAT THE SLUGS DON'T CHEW!  Try it, you'll
like it.

        We had a very hard winter here in the PNW for the first time in
about 7-8 winters.  I am amazed at how much went unscathed both in the
garden and in the nursery.  You would think when a few thousand nursery pots
freeze solid (as mine did) the mortality rate would be pretty high.  Usually
our cold weather is NOT accompanied by a snow cover.  This time there was a
nice 6" cover of snow and ice.  Where I lost plants was in the GH.  Shortly
after dragging anything marginally hardy into the GH and setting up the
heaters to keep the temp at ~ 50 F - I trudged back in the house and didn't
go out there again for 2 days.  Much to my horror, the circuit breaker had
blown (evidently right after I left) and the GH was frozen solid x 2 days.
Oh crocodile tears!  So many beloved plants, all gone.  Amazingly, the
rooted cuttings of perennials on the heating mat (which also was on the same
circuit breaker!) almost all survived.  We are just finishing the potting of
these and they look real good.
  We have gone from the coldest winter in several years to the warmest,
driest spring in many, many years.  The weather just keeps getting stranger!
I guess that old boy scout motto "be prepared" is still pretty good advice.
:)

Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On Behalf
Of Meum71@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 12:56 AM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: Re: New plants?

In a message dated 4/10/2004 1:24:30 AM Central Daylight Time,
mtalt@hort.net
writes:
Downside to this is a lot of disappointed gardeners wondering what
they did wrong that caused their beautiful plant to die.
There have been more than few chances for the gardener to be disappointed
over the last few years.  3 big ones come to mind.

 Coreopsis 'Limerock Ruby' sold a a hardy perennial and the fist year many
were selling for 12 or more dollars each.  They were said to be hardy in
zones
4-9.  Well, 7a-9.maybe. all the others died.

Polemonium 'Brise D Anjou' - which for many did not thrive and turns out to
have been infected with a virus.

Pulmonaria 'David Ward' -- which rarely ever looks good because the out side
edge grows much slower than the inside of the leaf, if not grown under the
perfect conditions?  Causing the leaves to bow up as if they have been
sprayed
with a weed killer.

I have list of others.  Its seems that a lot of these plants are found in
greenhouses and spend all there life in greenhouse before they are released
onto
the market and no one knows how they are going to do in the real world.

Paul

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