Re: Emailing: 8-21-09 004

> Hosta went berserk this summer with 'Gold Standard' leading the way and  
> even 'Fire and Ice' doing a respectable job; variegated Liriope muscari is  
> looking its smartest; Brunnera 'Jack Frost' has had no signs of late summer  
> browning or speckling; Epidemiums are super happy (Gene Bush's babies!);  
> Geranium 'Rozanne' is still going strong (also Gene's); all lilies did very  
> well; variegated Hemerocallis 'Golden Zebra' put on good growth and still is 
> in  bloom; newer lilacs suffered mightily (our heavy clay held onto all that 
> rain)  and '08 transplanted Buddleias died but baby Macleaya held on and, 
> oddly, the  Baptisia did not bloom but have magnificent seed pods.

How close to the lake are you, Joanie?  I've tried some of the variegated
liriope down here and they haven't faired too well -- only the green forms
work.

I did have some Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' for a few years, but
then I had to dig up the sump pump outlet in the yard and the stuff all
died as a result.  This year I killed a huge patch of Anemone ranunculoides
in the same spot for the same reason -- that'll teach me to plant nice stuff
there!

> The Japanese beetles were here in smaller numbers 

Ours weren't too bad either, surprisingly.  They did a little damage to 
the paper birch out front, the amelanchiers, and the petals on my 
coneflowers, but after that they seemed to disappear.  Let's hope
that it's a trend.  :)

The garden this year has been a disaster.  I haven't done much with it
over the past two years, so weeds have taken over and a lot of plants
have died.  I hope to tear everything out this fall and fill it all in
with the remaining nursery stock from my now defunct nursery (time,
the economy, and a bunch of other factors weren't on my side).  Someday
it will reopen.  :)

Next year I hope to get back into gardening a little more.  In the meantime,
I'm working on some new stuff for hort.net still.  I need a week straight
off from work to get it done!  :)

Chris

http://www.hort.net/gallery/       4383 online plant photos and  growing!
http://www.hort.net/gallery/date/2009-08-10/     The latest  additions

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