Re: Planting & Watering

>     Very hot and very humid here as well. High 90's for day time temps. Have
> not seen a good soaking rain in I can not remember when. When I dig it is
> dry down to the full depth of the shovel. Watering like crazy and have been
> for two full months now.

I think the only thing that has saved my garden is the new irrigation
system that I put in.  I've set things up so that the system is totally
controlled via one of the Mallorn computers, so I can even log in from
work and turn it on if it's really hot or something.  :)

Now I just need to get a webcam of my garden...  ;)

>     Having said that... now is the only time I have to do my renovations,
> create new beds and bring new plants to the garden. Come September I will be
> back into fall shipping and no time to play. Thus far, by paying close
> attention to what I am doing, I have not lost anything planted new to the
> garden. The weather has not slowed me down on purchases at other nurseries,
> nor seemed to keep anyone from stopping by here or placing orders.

I'm glad that you haven't lost anything!  I haven't been so lucky -- I've
been busy and have missed a few things that were planted every here and
there.

Here's my weekend haul from Hacker's Glenbard Gardens in Lombard, Illinois (a
Chicago suburb) -- $2.99 each in 4" pots:

   Anacyclus depressus
   Aruncus dioicus
   Campanula rotundifolia 'Olympia'
   Carex flacca
   Carex pennsylvanica
   Chiastophyllum oppositifolium
   Dianthus gratianopolitans 'Tiny Rubies'
   Erinus alpinus 
   Hemerocallis 'Rocket City'
   Petrorhagia saxifraga
   Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Papageno'
   Symphytum officinale

Unfortunately, I also just discovered that my photo of 'Rocket City' in
the hort.net gallery is wrong.  

>     First of the fall blooming anemone are in full bud here. Another week to
> ten days and they will be fully opened. With the other cultivars in the
> garden there will be an anemone in bloom from now until a real hard freeze.
> They all seem to require lots of room, but goodness do they ever make a
> show.

So which Anemone do you recommend, Gene?  

Chris

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