Re: 100 degrees

What kinds of gentians?  I have several that are barely hanging on in my
blueberry patch next to the bog.  It stays pretty moist there (so does my
cactus bed this year after over 10" so far this month).  I took a piece of
maybe Edith Sarah and put it the drier part of my bog next to a sarracenia
and it is doing 10 times better than the one in the blueberry bed.  Also the
sino-ornata that I grew from seed in situ that are shade with a few pine
needles are looking good.  The paradoxa and scabras are doing good also.
What native gentian are you growing?  For most of the gentians it is hard to
give them enough water.  I wish I knew what was eating my tomatoes.  The
Japanese beetles are staying next door.  So many plants that nave just been
struggling along for several years have taken a foothold now.  The sweet
peas that weren't damaged by the aphids are loving the summer.  I have to go
make my blueberry muffins now.  This is my first season and I am amazed at
how loaded they are.
Frank Cooper
central Illinois rain forest
zone 5b

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