Re: Foliage only plants
- Subject: Re: Foliage only plants
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 01:34:53 -0400
'Wyoming' has purple foliage - really lovely IMO; been keeping these
going for 'bout 30 years. Mine do flower where they get enough sun;
sort of a deep apricot, but that's not what I grow them for. Never
have had JB on them or any Canna; but seldom see those guys. Once in
a blue moon they hit my Rosa glauca, but not for several years (knock
on wood).
Yes, the sweet potato vines want it hot and are great in containers.
I grow them both ways. In the ground, they are capable of covering a
wide area once they get going. Have a rabbit, replacing the deer
this year, who is munching some of mine; deer love them.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: ECPep@aol.com
>
> For some wonderful reason Japanese Beetles do not eat, don't go
near the
> striped cannas. Is Wyoming a striped foliage canna? I have a big
tub of
> these with that little rascal Artemesia "Oriental Limelight" to
keep it
> contained and there is not one JB on the lot. A few other Cannas
attract
> them and have to be dusted with rotenone to keep them free of JB's.
The
> rotentone does not kill them but they do not like anything dusted
with any
> plant dust.
>
> Also agree about Margarita, a very striking plant. Up here it does
not start
> to grow much until there is a heat spell. Then it starts growing.
I have it
> in a pot and move it around the garden. Good thing, containers.
Like
> furniture when you have a bad day, you can go into the garden and
move them
> around for while for a new look.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4
>
>
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