Re: Gardens & Weather

The peculiar weather of the midwest this summer makes me cringe to  think 
what the winter will bring....right now, at the end of August for  Pete's 
sake, we can't even reach 70*. So weird. We should be tearing our clothes  off 
from the heat and humidity but instead are grabbing for sweaters. 
 
Gene...any way we could see some pix of your hillside azaleas? I checked  
out your web site but no luck. Lucky you to have a hillside...I put in some  
berms but it's just not quite the same thing:-) Which native azaleas have 
done  well for you? Would any work in zone 5a?
 
Joanie Anderson
35 mi. north of Chicago
 
 
In a message dated 8/27/2009 3:45:56 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
genebush@netsurfusa.net writes:

Boy! do  those two ever go together.
Joanie, this has been one of the  strangest years ever with weather.
We have been warm, dropped to coolest  temps ever, back up to heat again.
More rain than we have ever experienced.  Flooding all around us, but we 
have
been fortunate... only the hillside  path washing out into the yard. Wind
storms and Ice storms as well.  
My main addition to my gardens is one I have been working on  for
about 4 years now. I am working on an azalea walk up on the hillside.  Lots
of native species and selections, cultivars and hybrids. Going for an  
azalea
in bloom from Mid-March through September. For now working on a  large 
raised
bed along one path. Lots of ferns, Asian mayapples, all kinds  of "stuff"
under my azalea.


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




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Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:42 AM
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Hi,  Gene!

Sounds like you garden has been productive this year...are you  planning 
any 
more additions? Did you have tremendous rain this summer? Or  was it cooler 
than  usual? Any problems? We seem to now have a quorum  on the Perennial  
List:-)

Joanie Anderson
35 mi. n. of  Chicago

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