Re: Fw: Emailing: 8-21-09 004

Dee...they sound glorious to this midwestern gardener! Macleaya is probably 
 outlawed anywhere near OR:-)
 
 
In a message dated 8/29/2009 3:00:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
maujean@comcast.net writes:

They can  get a 4' + trunk on em here and I had one that i hadn't pruned 
(they  rebloom on fresh growth several times a season)  that got 12' tall. 
We  
had a pink one out front that kept getting to tall so we docked it to  
4'...it struggled on but we had cut to severe and it finally died. they  
can 
seed them selves here and grow fast....so the state ag asked the  nurseries 
to stop selling them, i still see starts often. i need to prune  them now 
if 
we want one more round of blooms, but the orange one just  blooms once. the 
yellows I have seen bloom once  late.
Dee


----- Original Message ----- 
From:  <Jeaa0088@aol.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday,  August 29, 2009 12:37 PM
Subject: 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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>>
>> -- 
>> Cheryl  Isaak
>> another  day,  another rink
>> growing,  stitching and reading in   NH
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