Re: Verbena bonariensis was: Flower Perrenials for the Shade
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- Subject: Re: Verbena bonariensis was: Flower Perrenials for the Shade
- From: "* T* <m*@clark.net>
- Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 02:34:20 -0400
So it goes, Janice. If I had a nickel for every time I've posted without
checking I could retire:-)
What kind of soil do you have yours in? Next time I try V. b., I'd like to
give it at least a fighting chance before I kill it again.
I've always been interested in Chelone, but figured my soil's too dry for
it. Everything/body says "moist" or "wet"....sigh Maybe when I get my bog
garden dug.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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Janice is rumored to have said on 8/7//98:
> << Does it grow in the shade? >>
> Well, Marge, once again I leap before I look (to read the header)..my
verbena
> b. is in full sun, but somehow I have a feeling it would grow in at least
> partial shade. I thought mine was gone last year, then I noticed it. Not
> where I had planted it originally, but in the same bed. I really like it
and
> it keeps on going. But of course, you were talking *shade* here.
> I was listening to Nancy DuBruele (of Natureworks)doing her monthly talk
on
> gardening on a local NPR station and she mentioned Turtlehead for shade &
for
> the autumn. I may have misunderstood her (why not? I don't pay
attention to
> headers either!), but she was talking about perennials for autumn and I
> thought she mentioned turtlehead. I've never grown it myself, so know
nothing
> about it.
>
> Janice
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