Re: Epimediums

Oh, I hope so!  I've only had mine a couple of years, but I understand once
they are established, they are pretty durable.  Those early spring bulbs are
heartening, maybe you should put a few more in next fall.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cheryl Isaak" <cherylisaak@adelphia.net>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 6:11 AM
Subject: Re: Epimediums


> GRR! no sign of color except a few crocus and the lone snow drop! I
> wonder if the epimedium I planted last spring made it!
> Cheryl
>
>
>
> >I am glad you found your epimedium.  Mine are beginning to flower.I saw a
> >large white one I should have put closer to the path but then the small
> >white one really would have been lost back from the path.  The only
solution
> >is to get more.  The pitiful cry of the Gardner "I need more plants".
The
> >Solomon's seal and their relatives are beginning to come up.  I put all
of
> >them in to pots since I really do not know where they should go until the
> >other plants are up and growing.  Plus, it gives each plant a chance to
grow
> >better roots before being put out in the cold world.
> >All the trilliums are beginning to bloom and the rue amenone , pink and
> >white,are beautiful.  The double bloodroot just bloomed today.  The
single
> >bloom ones are starting to make seed pods.
> >All is right with the world.
> >Nancy Robinson Tennessee
> >
> >>  Nancy,
> >>  I just went out to look again on my lunch hour and...they are still
there!
> >>  No leaves left from last year like the other Epis, but the slight
> >framework
> >>  of twiggy stems was still there, to the right of the marker rather
than
> >the
> >>  left where I'd expected them to be.  I pulled the debris aside and
checked
> >>  just a hair below soil level and there were the new starts.  So I'm
happy
> >>  again. Now the only other mystery is what happened to my Weigela
'Midnight
> >>  Wine'.  It is totally gone.
> >>
> >>  Kitty
> >>
> >>  ----- Original Message -----
> >>  From: "Hal or Nancy Robinson" <robyn82@bellsouth.net>
> >>  To: <perennials@hort.net>
> >>  Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 8:34 AM
> >>  Subject: Epimediums
> >>
> >>
> >>  > Kitty, do you have voles?  They love epimediums.  I plant all mine
in
> >pots
> >>  > and hope the critters will be happy with the parts that hang over
the
> >pot.
> >>  > So far it has worked.  Check for vole runs and air holes.
> >>  > Nancy Robinson  Tennessee
> >>  >
> >>  > .  I bought several Epimediums from Daryl Probst a
> >>  > > couple of years back.  One favorite of mine, to which I gave the
best
> >>  > > location seems to have disappeard, but the others are still
hanging in
> >>  > > there.  I'll keep watching that spot for signs of life - thank
> >goodness
> >>  > for
> >>  > > Eon plant markers.
> >>  >
> >>
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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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