Re: Russian sage
- Subject: Re: Russian sage
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 18:16:07 -0500
Well, Cheryl, I figure some plants simply don't like my face. I have
yet to grow Bergenia successfully - have killed many of these
fool-proof, any-idiot-can-grow-them plants. Am trying one more, said
to be more tolerant of our hot summer nights. If it does not thrive,
I think I will throw in the towel on that genus. But, usually, I'll
just try something again in another spot on the theory that, while it
should have done well where I put it, I have obviously overlooked
something somewhere and another spot might be better....hope does
live eternal when it comes to some plants:-)
There are some plants that simply will not tolerate my climate, soil
or karma, so I have given up killing them and just lust for them in
my heart...
Like Paul, many of my failures just get swamped by their neighbors
when they loosen their hold on their bit of soil and I wander around
wondering where the 'h' I put the bleedin' thing, then, one day, I
unearth a tag from the long departed child and go "Oh, that's where I
put it":-) I have quite a collection of those.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Cheryl Isaak <cherylisaak@adelphia.net>
>
> Most plants I allow the normal three year cycle (sleep, creep,
leap)
> but these seem to be on the 4 year plan. I have a baptistia on the
> same plan, but since the ground hog made a burrow in that area of
the
> bed, I have made allowances and added lots of soil to fill it back
in.
>
> What do the rest of you do when some thing refuses to live that
> should thrive in your area? I refer to those plants that are with
in
> zone and properly sited for sun/shade/moisture etc. I have given
up
> on perennial poppies, delphiniums, geums and a few others. All
> should have been happy, but just aren't for me.
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