Re: Emailing: 8-21-09 004

<< My favorite delphinium, exaltatum, is in full bloom and has been  since 
first of July.>> 
 
Gene...I'm hooked on this one...can it be planted in the fall? Wow....it's  
a beauty!
 
Here's some info/pix of it:
 
_http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/PlantFinder/Plant.asp?Code=X920_ 
(http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/PlantFinder/Plant.asp?Code=X920) 



In a message dated 8/27/2009 7:50:36 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
genebush@netsurfusa.net writes:

Forgot  to mention,
Ivy Leaf Hardy cyclamen coming into bloom.  Several of the silver
leaf forms are doing very well. hymenocallis, or  Spider Lily, coming into
bloom. Tricyrtis beginning to bloom. My favorite  delphinium, exaltatum, is
in full bloom and has been since first of July.  
Leucoseptrum I have been growing for some years now and it  is a easy
no-fuss plant. Have the species and the gold variegated. Will  have a few of
the gold variegated in stock this fall. Next week... Some in  full gallon
size. They are in the process of going up on the web site this  week. Bud
now, spends some time with kind of a stage one opening, then all  the little
fuzzy stamens pop out in succession on the long slender bud.  Like fish
scales opening....
Do you know Platycrater  arguta, another hydrangea relative? We grew
these from seed, looking really  nice.
Mix in lots of humus, mulch well with organic like  hardwood fines,
mini chips, give morning light on the Deinanthe.
Back out to work before the heat builds.


Gene E.  Bush
Munchkin Nursery &  Gardens,LLC
www.munchkinnursery.com
Garden Writer - Photographer -   Lecturer




-----Original Message-----
From:  owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
Behalf
Of  Christopher P. Lindsey
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:07 PM
To:  perennials@hort.net
Subject: Re: Emailing: 8-21-09 004

> Watching  my Leucoseptrum, both species and gold variegated begin bud so 
it
> will  not be long before I see blooms... probably mid-September. I enjoy
>  these for the foliage as much as the blooms. Looks much like hydrangea
>  foliage. I have also been caught up in Deinanthe past couple of years.  

Gene,

What a fascinating plant!  I wasn't  familiar with Leucosceptrum at all.
Is it one that you're  going to carry in your nursery?  How cool that
it's hardy  through zone 5a, too!  How long does it bloom?

I've  been growing Deinanthe for a few years now, but they really  don't
do much here.  They seem to be extremely sensitive  to heat and wilt
frequently (even with water) and I suspect  that I may need to move
them since they haven't grown  much.

>     Turtle head in bloom. Fall blooming anemone,  several names forms in
> color now. Lobelia in blue and red scattered  about the garden. Daphne is
> coming back into scattered fall  bloom.

And thank you for reminding me -- I need to get  some Anemone in my
yard.  The ones around here are all in  full bloom and are  gorgeous.

Chris

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