My ferns are showing out this year.  Spores are coming up on where places but many have tassels.  Lovely.

On April 28, 2019, at 9:20 AM, Kitty Morrissy <1*@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:

Hi Chris,
I had to look up the Cardiandra; looks like something I'd like to try.
Tricyrtis flava is one that I had several years but it just limped along, never happy, so I just sold it a few days ago.
Liriope 'Variegata' is pretty and I've tried it a few times. It's just not particularly vigorous for me. Dies each time. Meanwhile the plain-leaf, white-flowered (palest pink) that I grew from seed years ago and is positioned next to the variegated has never struggled. It multiplies and is happy.
Funny about the primula...On this very list I complained years ago that everyone else can grow them but mine always die. Then Marge (was her name Marge? - the member with 5 acres in the DC area) sent me 3 of a natural hybrid promising they'd thrive for me. One did die, but all these years later the other two are going strong. Meanwhile I have tried others - they always die.

Kitty


-----Original Message-----
From: o*@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Christopher P. Lindsey
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2019 1:00 AM
To: p*@hort.net
Subject: Thoughts on some of the following plants?

Hi everyone,

I have some new plants for the garden this spring, and I generally have a good idea of where things should go.  But I'm curious what tidbits of knowledge some of you might have about these plants.  You know, something beyond the old 'moist and well-drained' line that we find in the gardening books.  Things like 'I found the color to be more intense with more sun', or 'this one needed wind protection', etc.

I'd love to get some of your insights on these:

   Adonis amurensis
   Ajuga incisa 'Bikun'
   Aquilegia 'Winky Single Red-White' **
   Cacalia delphinifolia
   Caltha palustris *
   Caltha palustris var. multiplex
   Cardiandra alternifolia
   Convallaria majalis 'Aureovariegata'
   Diphylleia grayi
   Helleborus 'Golden Lotus'
   Helleborus 'Love Bug'
   Helleborus 'Sandy Shores'
   Helleborus 'Silver Dollar'
   Heuchera 'Miracle'
   Hosta 'Bridal Falls'
   Hosta 'Curly Fries' *
   Hosta 'Emerald Charger'
   Hosta 'Fantabulous'
   Hosta 'First Blush'
   Hosta 'Maui Butterflies'
   Hosta 'Mini Skirt'
   Hosta 'Miracle Lemony'
   Hosta 'Munchkin Fire'
   Hosta 'Pocketful of Sunshine'
   Hosta 'Praying Hands' **
   Hosta 'Stained Glass' **
   Liriope 'Variegata'
   Pachysandra procumbens *
   Primula spp. *
   Tricyrtis flava *
   Trillium grandiflorum 'Plena' *

   *  I had this once and it died
   ** I have this currently and am adding more

Thanks, and I'm hoping we can get some discussions going on the list again!

Chris

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