Re: yellow and blue
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: yellow and blue
- From: D* S*
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 20:27:16 -0400
Val and Bill --
My buddleias have also been blooming for several weeks now. One starts
blooming around Memorial Day -- I've already had to deadhead that one --
and the other starts blooming a week or so later.
Buddleias would work very well with the Asiatic lilies, especially if
grown "as perennials," that is, cut back every fall and not allowed to
become woody shrubs. Since they flower on new growth this won't affect
blooming and they'll stay more height compatible with the lilies. Since
Buddleias continue blooming through the fall, later blooming lilies, tall
asters, goldenrod, etc. could be added to the bed to continue the "look."
Dean Sliger
Warren, Michigan, USA
Zone 6B
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000 15:06:07 -0400 Lowery@zeonchemicals.com writes:
>
> Bill,
>
> I'm right down river from you in Louisville, KY. My buddleas have
> been in
> bloom for almost a month! I have three different varieties and they
> all
> started within a week of each other.
>
> Since the original poster wanted something that would bloom with her
> asiatic lilies (mine have long since been a memory....) I was
> thinking of
> early summer. In which case, I would think for us the larkspur and
> the
> adenophora would have been in full flush.
>
> Having said that, I think that a background of buddleas with dahlias
> in the
> front are quite a show right now. Buddlea 'Black Knight' and any
> blood red
> dahlia, like 'Bishop of Llandaff' are made for each other. I was
> hoping
> that my goldenrod would start blooming, too, but it hasn't hinted
> that it
> would join in the chorus just yet.
>
> Buddleas are especially nice with another type of lily that's
> blooming now:
> oriental lilies. Mine are joined with a white buddlea in the
> background.
> If anyone hasn't opted for a few of these bulbs they are missing out
> on a
> spectacular double whammy of spicy perfume and exotic good looks.
>
> Val in KY
> zone 6a
>
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