RE: thoughts on these plants anyone?

Hi Chris,

Yep, Georgia Pancake is the one I was looking at. Do you know if all the
Amsonia have fall colors? Only noticed one (hubrichtii 'narrow leaf blue
star') as described with that, but that is a bit taller than I wanted.

Thanks!
Donna

> 
> > Amsonia ciliate var filifolia, states it is 5" (yes inches) tall. Is
> > that a misprint? Might work for the garden railroad if it is...
> 
> Hi Donna,
> 
>    I don't know if it's a misprint or not, but I was intrigued enough
to
>    order one as well.  I'm assuming that you're looking at the
cultivar
>    'Georgia Pancake'?
> 
>    I also grabbed Amsonia montana 'Short Stack'.  Lately I've become
>    enamored by Amsonia -- it's not often that you can count fall color
>    as an attribute for a perennial.
> 
>    I added Amsonia illustris to my yard last year and am eager to see
>    what it does.
> 
> > Going to try Epimedium's this year.... which are winners in your
garden?
> 
>    If you're just getting started, you can't go with anything easier
than
>    E. rubrum.  The E. grandiflorum cultivars do pretty well too, but
I've
>    found that the E. x youngianum, E. alpinum, and E. x versicolor
>    selections aren't particularly vigorous in my yard.  Another one
that
>    might fare well is E. x warleyense 'Orangekvnigin' -- mine did
>    remarkably well last year, especially given the fact that I totally
>    forgot about those two and let the dry out for quite a while.
(oops)
> 
> > Indigofera kirilowii.... claiming not invasive... thoughts?
> 
>    Not invasive to my knowledge, and I love the texture and fall
color.
> 
> > Tiarella pink skyrocket
> 
>    This one does phenomenally.  In our clay soils it seems that
drainage
>    is key -- I planted one atop a mound and it did great!  The one at
the
>    bottom of the mound kept reducing itself by half.
> 
>    As for the rest, no idea!  :)
> 
> Chris
> 
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