RE: Ornamental grasses

Hi Marge,

There is some light in the garage as the doors have a window and there is a west facing window in the garage too (old house, old, detached, garage).  I winter over geraniums and dahlias fine but have never managed a heliotrope. 

What do you think?

-----Original Message-----
From: Marge Talt [m*@hort.net]
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 1:08 AM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: Re: Ornamental grasses


Not Marilyn here, but I overwintered mine in my cool g.h. last winter
- just moved the pot in before hard frost.  I kept pot watered as it
also contained other things - all of which came through fine and are
now looking just as good as they did last year.  

Concerned that overwintering in a dark (assume dark) garage might not
work as mine got light...never went dormant; just stopped putting out
new growth or doing much as the g.h. gets down to 40F and a tad lower
at floor level.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Saxton, Susan <SSaxton@schwabe.com>
> 
> So I could try putting them in the garage like geraniums and just
water sparingly?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marilyn Dube [m*@easystreet.com]
> 
> 
> Susan,  Yes.  Some years I'm successful and others not.  I never
expect to
> save it over, so when I do I am delighted.  I try to get them into
the GH
> before they are totally dormant.  All you have to do is keep the
roots from
> freezing.  I put them down on the gravel floor under the GH bench
and water
> sparingly.
> Marilyn Dube'
> Natural Designs Nursery
> Portland, Oregon
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
On Behalf
> Of Saxton, Susan
> Sent:	Thursday, August 08, 2002 2:36 PM
> To:	perennials@hort.net
> Subject:	RE: Ornamental grasses
> 
> Marilyn, do you attempt wintering over the dark pennisetum and if
so, how?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marilyn Dube [m*@easystreet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 1:41 PM
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: RE: Ornamental grasses
> 
> 
> Steve,
> 	I decided to try something really big and bold this year -
Miscanthus
> 'Condensatus'.  This is a huge one at 10-14 ft.!  Mine are 8-9'
already in 2
> gallon pots and haven't started to form the purple flowers yet!  I
can't
> wait to see this puppy in bloom!  It has been a hot item here in
the
> nursery.
> 	Another new-to-me grass is Molinia arundinacea 'Skyracer'.  The
foliage is
> low & compact, but the flower stems grow sky high.  Very dramatic. 
Using it
> to best advantage in the garden has been a challenge for me.
> 	The others I dearly love are Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' (18")
and
> 'Burgundy Giant' (5').  They are zone 8-10 tender perennials and
used like
> annuals, but you simply can't beat that dark burgundy blade and the
puffy
> pink foxtails.  They make any container look lavish!
> 	Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' is still hot here, as is almost any
blue
> colored grass.
> Marilyn Dube'
> Natural Designs Nursery
> Portland, Oregon
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
On Behalf
> Of Steve Hatch
> Sent:	Tuesday, August 06, 2002 9:30 AM
> To:	perennials@hort.net
> Subject:	Ornamental grasses
> 
> Hi all,
> Was just putting together a little something on ornamental grasses
and
> thought I'd ask the group what's the latest and hottest. Last I
heard,
> Calamagrostis acutiflora Karl Foerster and Hakonechloa macra
`Aureola'
> were what were chic. But I tend to be out of touch.
> Steve Hatch
> Marshfield, MA
> Zone 6B
> 
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