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Re: Obedient Plant

>Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 08:24:12 -0400
>From: "Richard Grazzini" <rickg@centrelab.com>
>Subject: Re: Obedient Plant
>
>Just an update from central PA (USDA 6 / Sunset 43):
>
>Thanks to Denise Leonard and lfsin@aol.com for continuing to keep me
>informed re the progress of obedient plant (physostegia) in their gardens. 

He he, when you said "progress" I at first thought you were referring to
Obedient plant's reputedly invasive nature!  

I have a smallish city garden and am looking for late summer bloomers.  Just
how invasive IS obedient plant?   It sounds and looks lovely, but I already  
have my hands full keeping Oenethra Tetragona and a fiesty Shasta Daisy from
taking over the universe.  Is it as bad as they are?

BTW, last night I just _happened_ to be driving by White Rose (the McDonald's
of garden centres) and so of course I had to stop in. They are selling off the
bedraggled remnants of their Spring perennials for 50 cents each.  Not much
left, but you can hardly go wrong (and I have a soft spot for poorly plants). 


I picked up 2 varieties of Achillea (Yarrow, I believe?) and 3 salvias
(Russian Sage, Rose Queen and Purple Queen, I think) and a couple of other
things.  If they live, it'll be a couple of years before they're worth
anything, but what the heck!

So I found some late bloomers - but they'll be 2 years late! (and I still want
Lobelia Cardinalis!)

-Sheila

Sheila Craig
Ottawa, Canada (Zone 4/5)
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Someday I will burst my bud of calm
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