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Re: Emailing: 8-21-09 004

Jean
Here in Oregon where Buddleias are on the noxiuos weed list I have never tried to move one. If we don't want it there we just start a new one and chainsaw the old one .....They don't seem to mind transplant up to the 5 gal.pot size. I have a orange globe one that blooms in the spring who didn't like the cold winter and suffered greatly but it seems it will make it. It seems to attract the usual suspects. 
Dee in Eugene, OR.
----- Original Message ----- From: <Jeaa0088@aol.com> 
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 11:46 AM
Subject: 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










  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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