Re: Tour day is over

In a message dated 7/28/02 9:46:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
cherylisaak@adelphia.net writes:

<< Well, my very first tour is over and I think was a success.  It was a 
 grey day, great for the colors - they just pop in the diffuse light. 
 It may have discouraged a few people thinking it might rain, but not 

No sun, a blessing. They really do look much better on a cloudy day, I would 
much prefer a clouded over day, even a light rain.

 <<<<  Every one ooo'd and ahh'd over the daylilies down at the bottom of 
 my driveway, but what I got the most comments on were my perennial 
 selections - for the foliage and the flowers as a contrast to the 
 straps and rounds. I sent a few friends home with seedlings of a few 
 of my favorite accents ( a euphorbia I got as donkey's tail and 
 Chasmanthium latifolium or Sea Oats)>>>>

I hope they admired until you were bursting with pride, why else would we 
have these wonderful gardens.
 
 <<<Several of the geraniums got lots of attention - of course the one 
 that got the most is one I bought as "blue cranes bill" in a bargain 
 bin at a local nursery.  It stays upright instead of flopping.  The 
 sedums loved the weather and are huge>>>>>

You need to send cuttings of that one to everyone on this list right away.  
All blue geraniums flop.  If your's does not, we want some.
 
 <<< by a purple sedum (Bertam Anderson)
 a dramatic purple bitone spider against the Sea Oats grass.>>>

Anderson must have been a busy fellow, his name is on all kinds of plants.  I 
have a pulmonaria carryng his name and it is a longifolia, that is the best 
kind.
 
 <<<>>>

Ramble on, a tour is a bunch of work and great boost to the gardener.  One 
needs that now and then.  It keeps the inspiration alive. This group have 
been hosting a lot of tours this summer. Congratulations to all for all the 
work done, a tourer must a have a garden to tour.



Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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