RE: stachys -- and since were on the subject
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: stachys -- and since were on the subject
- From: S* S*
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:59:24 -0700
Great suggestions, thanks.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lowery@zeonchemicals.com [L*@zeonchemicals.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:04 AM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: RE: stachys -- and since were on the subject
>
>
>
> Gads, Susan, this sounds just like my rose border complete
> with butterfly
> bushes! I have a lavender bush and the white one that both have been
> blooming for about two weeks. The yellow one just started
> the other day.
> If you can grow asiatic lilies there, why not expand out the
> lily season by
> growing trumpet and oriental lilies? Asiatics bloom first, then the
> trumpets with their wonderful perfume and stature (mine are
> about 6'), and
> then the orientals late in the season that make it worth the
> wait. I also
> have alliums, which seem to like the heavy clay because they multiply
> readily. All appreciate other perennials growing at their
> feet to provide
> some shade.
>
> The ones in this particular border include: salvias,
> veronicas, nepeta
> 'Six Hills Giant', valerian, russian sage, bee balm,
> feverfew, campanula,
> adenophora (which grows anywhere I put a start -- shade, sun,
> clay, etc),
> echinacea, malvas (which all reseed everywhere), and the
> phlox 'David' and
> 'Natasha'. There's also some shasta daisies, yarrow, and
> lavender. There
> are also nine different varieties of roses, none of which are
> those hybrid
> teas. I hate to tell you that I also have mums and iris,
> but they aren't
> thriving like they should. They just sort of hang in there.
> Bearded iris
> are doing better than the Japanese. The mums were a bargain basement
> variety bought at a local nursery whose tags said nothing
> more than "Pink
> Mum". I need to add some more fall color, though.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Val in KY\zone 6a
>
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