> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: Showstoppers Lathyrus
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:11:44 -0400
> From: 1018@rewrite.hort.net
>
> I sent my Corydals x allenii pics in a previous reply and now I want to share one of my favorite simple pleasures - Lathyrus vernus 'Katrink's Blue', Spring Vetchling.
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> I had the purple species for several years and have always benn delighted with it. Then I ordered L.v. Rosea, to compliment it and she is vigorous. Then Darrell Probst, Garden Vision offered a very pricey blue variety and I just HAD to have it! No critter had ever touched the other two so I did nothing to protect it and some bunny chewed it down to the nub the first spring after I'd planted it. So I had to order another one. Katrink has had a cage now for 2 yrs to protect her from marauders, and she looks so pretty and happy this spring. I am so delighted!
>
> Kitty
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-perennials@hort.net [mailto:owner-perennials@hort.net] On Behalf Of Christopher P. Lindsey
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 12:51 PM
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: Double bloodroot in my garden this spring
>
> What showstoppers have you guys had in your gardens this year?
>
> This is my double bloodroot, Sanguinara canadensis forma multiplex, that I planted several years ago. It responded really well to a an application of 10-10-10 fertilizer last spring and doubled in size, spreading further into the path at the base of a large rock.
>
> The photograph just shows a portion of the patch.
>
> Chris