RE: plants new to me- anyone growing them?
- Subject: RE: plants new to me- anyone growing them?
- From: "Donna" j*@prairieinet.net
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 23:34:03 -0500
I will be planting them.. soon! We still have some time left here. I
have been known to cut the bottom off a pot and bury them in my veggie
garden, mulch heavily, and hope for the best if it gets to late. I don't
have a cold frame or a greenhouse... maybe if he moves on to
construction after the dirt moving activity, I will get one. When we
build the raised boxes for the veggie garden, you can bend a 10 ft pvc
pipe across them ( we did one!)and thought of covering in plastic for
the winter... water would be the problem. No snow would get to those
plants... how do you all get that to work? Don't they dry out something
fierce?
I will try to post a picture somewhere on the net of it tomorrow... :)
No flowers yet, looks like tiny buds in the center tho :)
Donna
>
> << Bellania Bea- ajania hybrid- interesting leaves... anyone know how
big
> it gets? Tag states sun, moist well drained soil, zone 4-9 >>
>
> That is a great assortment to add some interest to a long hot and dry
> August.
> Will you plant these new plants now or pot them for later. If here,
I
> would
> overwinter them in a cold frame. I think the heat has finished the
summer
> garden, a lot of it looks dormant now.
>
> The bellania is found in books as Ajania with Bellania Bea apparently
the
> cultivar name. I looked at it in Fastsearch images and see that it is
on
> lots of German sites, you must have picked up a hitch hiker. It is a
> small
> attractive plant with yellow clusters of fall flowers. They are saying
> poor
> soil which probably means not a rich border soil. Also stressed is
perfect
> drainage, an alpine's needs. I have never seen this plant and don't
> remember hearing it's name. All say very hardy.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4
>
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