RE: Emailing: 8-21-09 004

Stronger glasses seem to be an option Joanie - My blooms almost seemed hidden
under the foliage this year - its an old full stand of them - so maybe yours
got tucked under a bit too.  I almost had to hunt for most of the blooms. Like
you I have tons of seed pods. Have you had your plants long? Mine are 7 or 8
years old.



Lil T.

Georgetown ON

Zone 5

> From: Jeaa0088@aol.com
> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:41:41 -0400
> Subject: Re: Emailing: 8-21-09 004
> To: perennials@hort.net
>
> 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:-)
>
> I have a question for everyone: I wrote that my 3 Baptisia australis now
> have wonderful and huge black seed pods but I never saw any blooms on the
> plants...is this possible or do I need stronger glasses?
>
> Joanie Anderson
> 35 mi. n. of Chicago
>
>
> In a message dated 8/26/2009 5:00:22 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> genebush@netsurfusa.net writes:
>
> Must be Old Friends Week...
> Here we are. Hello Chris, Nancy and Joanie
> 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.
> 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.
> Got bitten by the native azalea bug a few years back and I have been
> working on another large raised bed for those beauties. Talk about
> addictions... sigh.
>
>
> 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 Jeaa0088@aol.com
>
> Subject: Re: Emailing: 8-21-09 004
>
> 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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