Re: Emailing: 8-21-09 004

I lost 3 Buddleias over the winter which were transplanted from another  
area. Do they resent being moved? I can't recall which cultivars they were but 
 none were yellow. Nanho Blue rings a bell. Smaller than the large ones and 
a  medium blue. Has anyone tried the multi-colored one - yellows and pinks? 
I  wonder if they attract as many butterflies as the blue ones do? It's so 
hard  buying new plants which are within a zone or two of our 
gardens...seems it's  often worth a try but then it's so sad when they don't return. 
 
 
Joanie  Anderson
35 mi. north of Chicago
z.5a

 
 
 
In a message dated 8/29/2009 11:25:39 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
cherylisaak@comcast.net writes:

The best  I've managed in overwintering a gaura - is over one very 
mild  winter.  I've been told lots of snow cover helps, but I don't 
believe  that any more.  I'll take any's tricks to make them last more 
than a  season.

I find hardiness a strange thing. The yellow buddleia I got as  a gift 
plant was supposedly a zone 6 tops for hardiness, but it comes back  
every year. The supposedly zone 4 hardy ones have died - despite 
being  mere yards way.

Stay safe from the hail.

Chery (the  waterlogged)

>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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