Re: What's blooming now/ Boltonia
- Subject: Re: What's blooming now/ Boltonia
- From: "Gene Bush" g*@otherside.com
- Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 14:41:43 -0400
Hello Chris, Claire & Marge,
Thanks for all the information on Boltonia. It would seem that this
truly is a full sun plant for best performance. No fudging with part shade
and getting decent full stands with plentiful blooms. Being a shade gardener
I will have to talk JoAn into placing Boltonia in her raised beds or over
with her grasses. Hummm... she has been removing some perennials she does
not like with her grasses the last couple of weeks.....
That B. nana sure sounds nice, though, for I am a sucker for the color
blue.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
----- Original Message -----
> > Boltonia I do not have because I do not especially care for the
> > daisy-shaped blooms. Perhaps I am missing out on something and should
give
> > it a try. Any comments on Boltonia from anyone who has had it in the
garden
> > for some time?
>
> I've only been growing 'Nana' for a couple of years, but I love it. This
> little guy doesn't get more than 12" high by 18-24" wide, and it's been
> covered with powder blue blooms for a little over a month now. I find
> the larger Boltonias to be too imposing for most gardens, but this one's
> small enough that you can tuck it into just about any niche. Mine seems
> happiest in a dry spot with full sun; the one in part shade is about half
> the size with fewer blooms.
snip.....
> Chris
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
