two plants
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: two plants
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 16:10:46 EDT
Hello From Rainy NYS,
Forgive an OT post but these two plants are best in the perennial garden.
Papaver somniferum (or peony flowered) and tanacetum niveum. The poppies
will maintain themselves and bloom all through the summer depending on
location and moisture. I have the common species grey/pink with the dark
center. This year I purchased plants of 'Lauren's Grape', the Lauren
Springer plant that is now popular. I am hoping the purple opium poppy will
maintain itself along with the pink. The pink is in every garden here plus
in the driveway. This is a prolific self seeder and is welcome everywhere
needing dry soil to succeed.
The tanacetum is a biennial in zone 4. You have ferny grey foliage the first
year. The second year the plant becomes 3 or 4 time the size and is covered
with small white daisies that last about six weeks. This is a beautiful
filler for the back of the border and very drought resistant. Several plants
here are too large due the constant rain. In most years the size is about 60
- 80 cm. This plant seeds itself abundantly most years. Once you get
started, you will always have it though it is probably not perennial in the
cold zones. Everyone who visits my garden asks about this plant.
I may have purchased the seed orginally from Garden's North. Kristl Walek,
owner is on this list I think. With the recent discussion on drought
tolerant plants, a look through this catalog will yield many natives and
drought tolerant plants that are not sold in the garden centers. With an
order from this catalog, you get germination instructions from a nursery that
has hands on experience.
Perhaps someone will write on agastache, a western US plant that can handle
some drought and is a middle to late summer bloomer. This plant is a mint
relative and has minty scented foliage. I am just learning about these
having found them by accident, unnamed in a local nursery. This is longest
blooming plant in my garden. I am not certain of hardiness. My plant spent
the winter in a cold frame and is healthy this year along with some new ones
purchased this spring.
Claire Peplowski
E Nassau, NY z4
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