RE: Emailing: 8-21-09 004

Amazing Gene - my Tricyrtis are a good month away from blooming - but the
Anemones are just beginning to open. Can't wait!  I've never been able to get
Cyclamen to grow - must not be holding my mouth right!

Grasses sure are happy this year though.



Lil T

Georgetown ON

Zone 5








> From: genebush@netsurfusa.net
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: RE: Emailing: 8-21-09 004
> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:48:29 -0500
>
> 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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