RE: thoughts on these plants anyone?

Thanks Merri,

Yep, you are right, I have the unexpected frosts and freezes in the
spring. A few hail storms as well in the last few years.

I am trying my hand at a few different plants this year. I have two beds
ready to go here, one in the sun and other in the shade. If someone has
some other plant idea, I am all ears, or is that eyes.... I would like
both of them to have a variety of bloom times to keep them attractive
throughout the season... (Is that every gardeners wish?) Please keep in
mind that I am in Illinois, Zone 5, and don't like to bring plants in
for the winter. 

Donna

> 
> Donna,
> In a list from another gardening site, an experienced Arisaema grower
> indicated to me that A. fargesii and candidissimum were relatively
late to
> come up, and A. sikkokianum as early.  If, like me, you live in an
area
> with
> uneven spring weather, subject to unexpected frosts and freezes, you
will
> not want the ones that show early.  A friend here lost A. sikkokianum
her
> first year with it because it was up in mid April--too soon here.
> 
> I too am considering indigofera kirilowii.
> 
> My favorite epimedium is E. grandiflorum "Pierre's Purple' and expect
a
> new
> one purchased last season--E. grandiflorum 'Dark Beauty'--to be just
as
> gorgeous.  E. rubrum makes a magnificent spring show, but the foliage
for
> me
> gets a little ratty by the end of the summer.  I grow several others,
but
> can't remember what they are.  They are great plants (highly deer
> resistant,
> as well), and you might as well get them from the best--Darrell
Probst.
> Email him at darrellpro@earthlink.net and request his catalog.  Eat
your
> heart out for the $75 ones!!!
> 
> Merri Morgan
> zone 5b, WV

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