Re: Agastache, was 'seedlings'
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- Subject: Re: Agastache, was 'seedlings'
- From: M* &* H* K*
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:09:04 -0400
Susan,
The agastaches I started from seed bloomed beautifully the first year - A.
cana 'Heather Queen' and A. mexicana 'Carlile Carmen'. They were really
easy to grow. Last year they bloomed strongly from sometime in early July
(I forgot to mark the date) to the end of Sept, and somewhat through
October. I highly recommend them - they are really nice at the edge of a
bed, because their wands arch over the edge (I have raised beds). Last year
I had one plant of Firebird, and it is an odd peachy-orangey red color. I
had it in a bed with silene and it looked awful, and I dug it up in flower
and moved it over with some bright orange Cosmos sulfureus 'Sunny Red' - not
my usual taste - it looked great. But Heather Queen was my favorite, it is
a soft lavender color that is nice with everything. I don't think those
southwestern agastaches will winter over in zone 6, but A. foeniculum is
hardy. Drainage isn't a problem in raised beds, so I don't know what
wetness would do.
Holly
Zone 6, eastern Penna.
-----Original Message-----
From: Saxton, Susan <SSaxton@Schwabe.com>
To: 'perennials@mallorn.com' <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Monday, April 12, 1999 1:00 PM
Subject: RE: Agastache, was 'seedlings'
>Do they bloom first year from seed for you?
>
>We had a wetter than normal winter this year and I lost Pink Panther and
>Apricot Sunrise -- both really beautiful. I have lost the Blue Fortune
>before, too -- probably the wet again. I have ordered a. rupestris from
>Highland this year and will try it out in my west facing sloped bed -- but
>the Blue Fortune was there before too and has died. I love them too, the
>Apricot Sunrise particularly, so I think I will try amending the whole with
>1/3 compost, 1/3 pea gravel and 1/3 backfill and see if that helps.
>
>Anyone have experience with these plants doing this?
>
>Susan Saxton, zone 6b
>For mine is just a little old fashioned garden where the
>flowers come together to praise the Lord and teach all
>who look upon them to do likewise.
>Celia Thaxter
>
>I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape!
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mert & Holly Kilpatrick [k*@epix.net]
>> Sent: Friday, April 09, 1999 2:04 PM
>> To: perennials@mallorn.com
>> Subject: Agastache, was 'seedlings'
>>
>>
>> I had good luck last year starting several agastache's from
>> seed: Heather
>> Queen, Carlile Carmen, and I also have some wonderful A.
>> foeniculum "Blue
>> Fortune' (purchased plants). This year I am also starting A.
>> rugosa and
>> several others - we'll see how they work out. I also had
>> plants last year
>> of Pink Panther and Fire-something (I don't have it in front
>> of me now.) I
>> love Agastache. I think my favorite of the tender ones is
>> Heather Queen,
>> but the Blue Fortune, which is hardy, is excellent - abaout 3
>> ft., needs
>> string and stakes for me, and has a great scent and the bees
>> go nuts over
>> it. I ordered a couple more from High Country nursery this
>> year, also.
>>
>> By the way, how do you all pronounce it? I saw, somewhere,
>> "Ah-gast-a-key"
>> with the accent on the 2nd syllable, so that's what I use.
>> But the other
>> day I heard a nursery owner pronounce it "Ag-a-stach".
>>
>> Holly
>> East Bangor, PA, Zone 6
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Saxton, Susan <SSaxton@Schwabe.com>
>> To: 'perennials@mallorn.com' <perennials@mallorn.com>
>> Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 3:41 PM
>> Subject: RE: seedlings
>>
>>
>> >Which agastache? I've often considered starting them from seed...
>> >
>> >Susan Saxton, zone 6b
>> >For mine is just a little old fashioned garden where the
>> >flowers come together to praise the Lord and teach all
>> >who look upon them to do likewise.
>> >Celia Thaxter
>> >
>> >I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape!
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Nancy Lowe [n*@hotmail.com]
>> >> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 1999 8:22 PM
>> >> To: perennials@mallorn.com
>> >> Subject: seedlings
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Okay folks. I planted my perennial seeds, now what?
>> >>
>> >> I planted them in six-packs, and most of them are up. I've
>> >> been told that they should go into a "nursery bed" for the
>> >> first year, but I really don't have a good place to do that.
>> >> Would it be better to go ahead and put them out in their
>> >> intended spots, or put them up into bigger pots and hold them
>> >> until next year? Should I wait until they are somewhat
>> >> rootbound in their little pots to mess with them?
>> >>
>> >> Germination has been interesting. Has ranged from nearly
>> >> 100% (agastache) to about 5% (one digitalis variety). I'm
>> >> wondering whether some of them just haven't come up yet
>> >> (supposed to be "slow and erratic") or if I should replant.
>> >>
>> >> Today, I saw the first blooms on our Zepherine Drouhin roses.
>> >> My dogwood is in bloom, along with bletilla, late daffodils
>> >> and tulips, wood hyacinths...the iris and hyacinths are about
>> >> done. I believe spring is here!!
>> >>
>> >> Nancy Lowe
>> >> Arkansas, zone 7
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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