Re: Centaurea montana

  At 12:47 PM 1/27/2003 -0500, ECPep@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 1/27/03 12:16:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, llmen@wi.rr.com
>writes:
>
>
> > Haven't been able to find a source for C.m. 'alba' and 'Gold Bullion'
> > has blue flowers with golden foliage.
>
>Don,
>
>Wouldn't both of these be "pass-a-long" plants?  If you see the white one,
>ask for a small division.  I used to have alba or a white montana.  It was
>around here for a few years found in a churchyard a long time ago.  Before I
>had the electric fence, the deer ate all the C. montanas and I have not grown
>them since.  When a plant becomes common or supposedly old fashioned, no-one
>sells it.  If you have a good sized clump or patch of something, cutting out
>a chunk is no problem, I never mind being asked.  If you then fill in the
>hole with some rotted manure or compost or something encouraging roots, the
>clump is often the better for it.
>
>Claire Peplowski
>NYS z4 (with 7 inches of new snow yesterday, snows every other day more or
>less)

Hmmm...guess I'm mistaken on the name, but I'm fairly certain I have a 
yellow-flowered one. I'm at my winter home in Mexico now and my plants are 
all in the PNW under the care of my good friends so I can't check right now.

HarleyLady
San Felipe, BC, Mexico

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index