Re: delighted with perennials
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: delighted with perennials
- From: "* D* <m*@teleport.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 01:57:39 -0700 (PDT)
At 09:29 PM 4/24/98 -0000, Amy Newkirk wrote:
>As you all can probably tell from my posts, I am quite the newbie at
>gardening. However, this does not dampen my excitement for it.
>
>I am in total amazement at my perennials at the moment. I bought a three
>tiny monarda plants last year that didn't grow hardly at all or bloom. I
>was quite disappointed. Now they are coming up strong and big and seem to
>have spread. Same thing with my echinicea purpurea, and dianthus. A lady
>I work with gave me this teeny, tiny little bit of lemon mint that didn't
>do much at all. This spring it came back up and is threatening to take
>over my yard. The only thing that didn't come back was my white bleeding
>heart. No sign of it. I haven't a clue what happened to it.
>
>Last year I was just crushed because my plants didn't do anything. Now I
>can't wait till bloom time. I am a perennial believer now. (Although I
>still love my annuals!!!!!)
>
>Amy
Amy, In my experience, the white bleeding heart is not as hardy or as
vigorous as the red species (Dicentra spectabilis), so don't feel bad, mine
didn't come back this spring either. There is an old saying about
perennials, "The first year they sleep, the second year they creep, the
third year they leap". So next year you better be prepared to jump out of
the way :) Marilyn
Marilyn Dube'
NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, Oregon
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