RE: two new questions
- Subject: RE: two new questions
- From: M* D*
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:13:17 -0700
Hi Claire,
Yes it is too hot and too dry! The watering wand is a permanent fixture to
my hand and the water bill will be outrageous! Wouldn't a nice cool shower
feel good about now!
I believe I am as far north as you are, but am at sea level. (of course
there is small difference in zones too :)). Hebes are one of my favorites.
I have 2 very reliable hardys and 1 other I have heard is very dependable.
I grow Hebe 'Amy' with lovely shiny, purple foliage and violet bottle brush
flowers - an excellent bloomer. Not hardy for you, but would be worth
growing in a pot and treating as you do some of your other more tender
lovelies.
New to me last year - Hebe 'Violet Snow'.(flowers open bright lavender,
fade to pure white) I bought it at Hoyt Arboretum and it was labeled hardy
to -20 F. I could send you a few cuttings of either or both to root if you
want to try it.
The third is Hebe buxifolia whose foliage looks very similar to regular
boxwood. It makes a nice sturdy bun and is evergreen. Well worth looking
for.
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon
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Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:53 AM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: two new questions
To all the too hot ( and amybe too dry) gardeners this week:
Does anyone here grow Hebes. How far north can you keep a Hebe I bought a
container plant named Hebe 'Amy'. It is compact, purple leaved and looks
like a good greenhouse subject for the winter. I have no fantasies about it
ever growing outdoors here but thought some of you may have found a way to
keep this plant or other Hebes over the winter.
Also saw a new Bergenia that is variegated and quite compact, a zone 4
rating and named 'Tubby Andrew'. Poor Andrew whoever he is. It is a a
nationally distributed plant by Proven Winners which I think may be
Canadian.
If someone finds 'Tubby Andrew' somewhere around New England, I would like
to know. This plant blooms twice a season and that is a new feature for
Bergenia. Bergenia is a controllable and good looking groundcover here.
There are a lot of new plants about to arrive in the nurseries that are
worth
a look as they are bred to be pest free, disease free, and able to survive a
large number of weather changes. It is about time.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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