Re: perennials DIGEST V2 #326
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- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 13:54:04 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, perennials DIGEST wrote:
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> perennials DIGEST Thursday, April 16 1998 Volume 02 : Number 326
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> In this issue:
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> Echinacea 'alba'
> my erosion problem
> Re: my erosion problem
> Re: cattails in containers
> Re: my erosion problem
> Re: Echinacea 'alba'
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> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 07:23:17 -0500
> From: ralph crump <rjcrump@skipjack.bluecrab.org>
> Subject: Echinacea 'alba'
>
> Has anyone else had trouble with the white form of Coneflower?
>
> I had two new plants last year that bloomed beautifully all summer, but did not return this year. (Certainly can't blame the winter). They are in the same bed with the purple Coneflower which is already 8" high.
>
> Jean, Zone 7, Md
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> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 08:41:04 -0400
> From: "James N. Tilton" <tilton44@erols.com>
> Subject: my erosion problem
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> o wise ones,
> I'm not sure that I was clear on my earlier question. The majority of
> the area that has been seeded is gently sloping to the back of the
> property. It's the area just before the trees where it takes a dive. I
> don't think we'll be able to mow the steeply sloped area. Don't
> wildflower areas need mowing in the fall? We've got erosion ruts 14"
> deep already in the steep area and it hasn't rained that hard! About 3/4
> of an acre seems to run off in that direction.
> thanks again!
> Barb (Southeastern PA, zone 6/7)
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> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:30:05 -0400
> From: lowery@teamzeon.com
> Subject: Re: my erosion problem
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> Valerie Lowery@ZEON
> 04/16/98 09:30 AM
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> Barb,
>
> here in Zone 6a Kentucky, several people I know of have controlled their
> erosion problems with either yucca or daylilies. Neither one will need
> special care and you certainly won't need to mow them. Plus I find it
> impossible to get rid of either once you have them. Both are pleasant to
> look at when in bloom.
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> Val in Kentucky
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> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 07:55:39 +0000
> From: firekeep@mcn.net
> Subject: Re: cattails in containers
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> I don't know about dwarfing cattails in a container, but at Costco
> yesterday, I was looking at a number of plants they had with the bulbs
> and one section wasy water lillies and bog plants. One was a Dwarf
> Cattail. the photo showed a cattail that was fat and very short. Almost
> like a ball on the top of the stem. I thought dwarfed ones would be
> merely small, slender versions of the wild ones. This one really looked
> different. Maybe it is a true dwarf.
>
> We have lots of wild one. The new green fruiting parts make excellent
> eating. Sort of a cross between the flavor of peas and asparagus. Steam
> them lightly, add a little butter and eat like corn on the cob.
>
> Ann B.
> Montana Gardener
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> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 08:15:54 +0000
> From: firekeep@mcn.net
> Subject: Re: my erosion problem
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> For temporary measures, get some straw bales and place where the erosion
> is worst. The state uses this methods on road cuts. As for longer term
> control, daylilies would be a effective and attractive planting. There
> root systems really hold the ground. I've used them along irragation
> ditches. Also Spuria and siberian iris, some of the wild iris species. I
> have one iris specie that I raised for seed that is native to Alasks and
> Siberia that will reseed itself. They have small blue beardless flowers
> in blue, form husky plants with foliage that stays looking good all
> summer. If you are neatness fanatic, you can burn off the old leaves in
> the spring. I've had one plant in the same place for over ten years and
> it it has never needed trasplanting.
>
> Another thought are some of the rugosa ground cover roses. Bright tough
> foliage and flowers all summer. Max Graf is one very flat one that
> spreads wide with pink single flowers. There is a white one also. Two
> clematis comes to mind. C. tangutica rambles all over the place with
> interesting yellow downward facing bells and fuzzy seed heads all
> summer. Once started, it will root new plants all along the stems.
> Control is easy as it doesn't come up in grass. You can cut it back
> each spring or simply let it alone. Another one may be C.
> dioscoreifolia (c. paniculata) Sweet Autumn Clematis. This has lots of
> close, dark green foliage and will sprawl over the ground. In the fall
> it will erupt with millions of tiny cream white starlike flowers of
> about 1". It seems to spring on me every fall like a surprise. I have it
> where it goes over the ground and up into some old lilac bushes.
>
> There are lots of great ground covers. Look for those that spread easily
> but won't creep into the lawn, need little upkeep, no dividing and maybe
> flowering/fruiting or foliage color. Vines are often forgotten because
> we think they need to climb.
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> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 08:37:36 -0700
> From: "Kishori & Brian Hutchings" <cusheoncreek@saltspring.com>
> Subject: Re: Echinacea 'alba'
>
> My alba (White Swan) seems to be less tolerant of winter wet than E.
> purpurea. Did they drown?
> Brian
> http://vvv.com/~amdigest/cusheon.htm
I have not had much luck in Illinois zone 5. I know it is late to come up
in the spring, but dead is dead.
Lou Ann >
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> > From: ralph crump <rjcrump@skipjack.bluecrab.org>
> > To: 'Duncan Mcalpine-perennials' <perennials@mallorn.com>
> > Subject: Echinacea 'alba'
> > Date: Thursday, April 16, 1998 5:23 AM
> >
> > Has anyone else had trouble with the white form of Coneflower?
> >
> > I had two new plants last year that bloomed beautifully all summer, but
> did not return this year. (Certainly can't blame the winter). They are in
> the same bed with the purple Coneflower which is already 8" high.
> >
> > Jean, Zone 7, Md
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