Re: misc summer notes
- Subject: Re: misc summer notes
- From: A*
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 04:25:52 -0400
In Puerto Rico they grow wild in the rain forest, beautiful, but it was
somehow disconcerting. Judy
----- Original Message -----
From: Marilyn Dube <mygarden@easystreet.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 12:55 AM
Subject: RE: misc summer notes
> Gosh Judy,
> I have "volunteer" poppies and foxgloves blooming all over the place, but
> nary a Verbena. But years ago, someone gave me one - only one - wild
> Impatiens ("poor man's orchid") and I have had thousands ever since. They
> are very sweet though, a pink & white bicolor, ~2' tall and grow
beautifully
> in dry shade.
> Marilyn Dube'
> Natural Designs Nursery
> Portland, Oregon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
> Of AWarner
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 4:20 PM
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: Re: misc summer notes
>
> My nepeta are amazing too--and I have tons of self seeded verbena in one
> bed. I hope they bloom in the same color as the ones I had last year,
which
> were expensive started annuals--don't remember the name. This year,
> thousands!
>
> I have never had either poppies or foxgloves reseed in my garden. I wish
I
> knew why.
>
> Judy Warner
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ECPep@aol.com>
> To: <perennials@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 6:28 PM
> Subject: misc summer notes
>
>
> > In a message dated 6/28/02 1:38:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> Meum71@aol.com
> > writes:
> >
> > << The Daylilies look very large this year-so they have loved all the
rain
> > and
> > it looks to be a very good year for them, I am excited about all the
new
> > ones
> > I got last year and expect it to be a good year in regard to daylily
> sales.
> > >>
> >
> > Good luck, Paul, on your selling season. If you are as we are, you have
> > great big plants from this rain. And, if stops for a few minutes, you
> might
> > find some customers to sell them to. My niece has told me that
customers
> do
> > not like picking out plants while getting wet. They do mostly
shrubbery.
> >
> > Frank Cooper mentioned this being the difficult season for alpines. I
have
> a
> > grey wooly one dead at the base already because I did not put them under
> some
> > shelter. I picked up one rotted off completely. For anyone else trying
> them,
> > mulch with pebbles or grit. It helps. They have to be put under the
> house
> > overhang or into rocks planted sideways which most people think a bit
dumb
> > but it works. I have the lewisias, which are blooming exceptionally
this
> > year, planted that way and have finally stopped losing them.
> >
> > And for Bill, as for this rain, you can have some of mine if you find a
> way
> > to claim it. It has rained, hard showers between sunny periods four or
> five
> > times today and every past day that I can think of as well. I just
looked
> at
> > the weather line on AOL and AOL says that it will rain only one day this
> > week. They are already wrong as today has been a soaker.
> >
> > One should not complain, I suppose, as I have clear memories of the
three
> > drought years when it did not rain here, those three summers. It is
> > discouraging to a gardener either way, too much or too little rain. I
had
> my
> > hair cut today so I knew it would rain some more, sort of like washing
the
> > car.
> >
> > Paul and I will send you some rain, Bill, we will will it to you and fix
> up
> > your drought as we sure can spare some.
> >
> > Yes- the nepeta - clouds of blue this year. Who would have thought a
lot
> of
> > rain would help them. They are thought of generally as xeric plants.
> There
> > are also great bunches of foxgloves, one million poppies seedlings and
> some
> > blooming, some especially good bloom we do not usually see here and
there.
> I
> > would guess the winter here with no below zero weather. I am astonished
> at
> > some of my plantings this year. However, it could stop raining. <VBG>
> >
> > Claire Peplowski
> > NYS z4
> >
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