RE: Emailing: 8-21-09 004

Wow! and I haven't been able to overwinter one!!! Some friends have them and
they're just little shrubs.  What a difference location makes!

Lil T.

Georgetown ON

Zone 5

> From: maujean@comcast.net
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: Fw: Emailing: 8-21-09 004
> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:55:09 -0700
>
> 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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