Re: Longest blooming perennial? -Reply
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- Subject: Re: Longest blooming perennial? -Reply
- From: S* S*
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 09:16:55 -0800
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My Six Hills Giant doesn't get tall enough for small
tomato cages. I use that 2' tall plastic coated wire
fencing that comes in a roll for about $10 (can get
3-4 'cages' out of one roll). I use this around most
floppy perennials, etc., (shorter ones) and the small
tomato cages for the larger ones.
Susan Saxton
For mine is just a little old-fashioned garden where
the flowers come together to praise the Lord and
teach all who look upon them to do likewise.
Celia Thaxter
1835-1894
>>> Denise Leonard
<dal@equinox.shaysnet.com> 12/17/98 08:04am
>>>
I have thought that next year I would try and stake
my six hills giants
to try and contain them. I was thinking of using a
small tomatoe cage.
Any other suggestions?
Denise Leonard
Tanstaafl Farm
Greenfield, MA
dal@shaysnet.com
On Wed, 16 Dec 1998 lowery@teamzeon.com
wrote:
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> Valerie Lowery@ZEON
> 12/16/98 03:27 PM
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> In my garden, the coreopsis family blooms all
summer, closely followed by
> the purple coneflower. Calamintha bloomed
most of the summer until frost.
> Come to think of it, nepeta "Six Hills Giant" lived
up to its name, took
> over a goodly part of the garden, and bullied its
neighbors by growing all
> over them and choking them out. It was a
nightmare to cut back as I
> expected all sorts of snakes and field mice to
come scampering out for
> safety! To its credit, it started blooming early
June and never stopped
> until frost. And I liked the soft blue and grey; so I
looked the other way
> and told the other plants just to forgive it...much
like an indulgent
> mother would act with her favorite child.
>
> Are we also considering rebloomers in this
category? I consider any plant
> that behaves this way a bonus to have around.
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> Val in KY
> zone 6a
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