Re: Yet another phlox
- Subject: Re: Yet another phlox
- From: "Merri Morgan" m*@wcgnet.net
- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 07:26:12 -0400
Boxwoods are also deer proof, very important for more and more of us.
Merri Morgan
Zone 5b in West Virginia
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Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: Yet another phlox
> In a message dated 8/16/02 8:05:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
llmen@wi.rr.com
> writes:
>
> << Here is a link to a photo of another cultivar of Phlox paniculata
> called 'Miss Kelly' The colors are not dissimilar to 'Franz
> Shubert', >>
>
> That is lighter and more delicate than my Franz Shubert. Too bad about
the
> mildew, I like that color. Putting aside the drought for a moment, the
> August garden is not a garden without the summer Phlox.
>
> I would throw in one more plant here. A lot of people thing boxwoods are
> needy of moisture as they grow all over the UK in drippy wet places. I
have
> dozens of them here (good luck with cuttings) and they are green, clipped
to
> look as though I have something more elegant than I really have and never
> need any water. They will grow in the worst places and not show any wilt
or
> browing of leaves. A boxwood is absolutely drought tolerant so if you
need
> some green stuff in the garden in late summer, add a few. At least three
> species of boxwood are hardy in zone 4. The dwarf Alberta spruce is also
> extremely drought tolerant. Both of these plants can grow with perennials
as
> they stay small for a long time.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4
>
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