Re: Rain, was Re: Liatris root rot?

In a message dated 7/12/02 1:10:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
bhayes@catskill.net writes:

<< It's not as bad yet as the last several years, but if we don't get rain
 every week and then a good amount of it, we'll be watering regularly. 
 The other day, for example, I noticed that some astilbe that I had
 relocated and that were doing fine, looked brown and parched, almost
 dead.  I instantly gave them the hose water and they've mostly
 recovered. >>

I have had the same problems with Astilbe so no longer grow any of them.  I 
don't have water to save them when there is a dry week.  They can be 
luxurious in growth in some gardens, maybe a deep moist soil but not for me.  
They certainly are hardy enough, you don't lose them but they never look good 
so they are banished in my garden.   There are so many choice of Astilbe, the 
very small ones, Astilbe chinensis pumila - hope that is right, do better but 
are not magic.  In a dry season, they also brown off.  At some point one has 
to accept that everything will not grow in your conditions.   Astilbes do not 
like mountains. Isabelle, I am sorry you have not had all this rain, you 
certainly could have some of ours.  It is bad summer for roof leaks.There 
have been two cool, humidity free breezy days this week.  If the summer could 
only be just like this.  The electrical storms have not been bad this year, 
have not bought one modem yet.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4 

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