Re: Emailing: 8-21-09 004

Dee...you have to cut your Buddleias with a chain saw? I'd love to see a  
picture of one of those babies! They're not considered thugs in the Chicago 
area  but rather welcome plants. I guess our cold winters keep them in check. 
I'm  wondering if moving them does cause them pain...I learned the hard way 
with  Asclepias 'Hello Yellow' and Macleaya that they resent the heck out 
of it,  Asclepias having a long tap root...have not learned why the demise of 
the  Macleaya which I know can be a thug but I have it in an island 
bed...one  little step out of bounds and it's mowed to the ground. 
 
Joanie Anderson
35 mi. north of Chicago
zone 5a
 
 
In a message dated 8/29/2009 2:10:28 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
maujean@comcast.net writes:

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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