RE: Emailing: 8-21-09 004

Here in Georgetown, we've had 2 bad hailstorms and one really bad wind storm.
I'm surprised anything is still standing. Things may be a bit tattered but
they're looking not bad, considering. Hostas here are all really happy if a
bit ragged.



I do have a question about Gauras - love them but in spite of what anyone says
they die each winter. Have tried several varieties in several locations so
I've decided to treat them as an annual.

A friend has told me that the white ones are much hardier. Has anyone had any
experience with them? and which ones?



Lil T.

Georgetown ON

Zone 5

> From: Jeaa0088@aol.com
> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:22:17 -0400
> Subject: Re: Emailing: 8-21-09 004
> To: perennials@hort.net
>
> Hi, Chris, Nancy and gang:
>
> I'm north of Chicago about 35 miles and we've had a lot of rain and not a
> lot of sustained hot weather this summer so the garden looks like it did in
> June...except for some areas of fungus (daylily 'Happy Returns' had to be
> cut to the ground a month ago).
>
> 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.
>
> The Japanese beetles were here in smaller numbers from mid-July to
> mid-August and did their usual to the roses (but 'Jacqueline du Pre's' aroma
was
> outstanding!) and Weigela but the tomatoes are spectacular if late.
>
> All in all, a pretty satisfying year and the garden still looks fresh and
> lovely. Mother Nature's rain cannot be
> duplicated with a garden hose.
>
> How did everyone else's garden fare?
>
> Joanie Anderson
> 35 mi. north of Chicago
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> In a message dated 8/26/2009 12:40:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> lindsey@mallorn.com writes:
>
> > Sorry about the attachment. I finally thought of the name.....Arundo
> donax
> > var. versicolor. I like it in the meadow because it gets me height out
> > there. Great place for the critters to hide from predators. It also in
> > great in large flower designs.
>
> Well, that settles that! A short thread, but I'm glad to see traffic on
> the list. :)
>
> How is everyone doing out there? What can I do to get people talking
> again?
>
> Here in Urbana, IL it feels like fall already. Asters aren't quite
> blooming
> yet, but the temperatures are low, that fall smell is starting to appear,
> and the crickets are chirping away!
>
> Some of my new favorite plants are getting ready to bloom, too. Allium
> thunbergii 'Ozawa' is an *awesome* plant and I keep trying to get more.
> Although Kalimeris integrifolia and Kalimeris incisa 'Blue Star' have
> already been blooming for a few weeks, Kalimeris yomena 'Shogun' still
> hasn't opened (but it's close!) The asters (like 'Raydon's Favorite')
> are also starting to swell, but there's no color yet! I saw that the
> various turtleheads (Chelone) are also open now.
>
> 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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