Re: Rudbeckia
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- Subject: Re: Rudbeckia
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 05:19:49 -0400
Dean,
LOL on your DYCs...
Re: the wild R. hirta - I've had them in poor hot soil, mostly gravel
and in various decent beds and have not found them to be perennial or
even the 'b' word...
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Dean Sliger <deanslgr@juno.com>
> Date: Sunday, June 25, 2000 8:33 AM
>
> Karen --
>
> No, don't get me wrong, I've no reason to doubt the label
information.
> It'll just be interesting to read about. I don't pay a lot of
attention
> to the hybridizing going on in DYCs ("Damn Yellow Composites") so
they
> may very well have come up with a R. hirta cultivar with 9"
flowers.
>
> The pure species R. hirta tends to be, at best, a short-lived
perennial
> (in some books earning it the "B" word). When seeing them in the
wild,
> though, I've always found them growing in dry, poor soil so in a
> cultivated situation where they're getting better soil and more
frequent
> watering they might have better longevity.
>
> There shouldn't be a problem in missing the blooms. Rudbeckia
flowers
> last a long time.
>
> Dean Sliger
> Warren, Michigan, USA
> Zone 6B
>
>
> On Sat, 24 Jun 2000 23:42:13 -0400 Karen Butner
<abtrlife@earthlink.net>
> writes:
> > Hi Dean,
> >
> > Thanks for the info. I guess this is a good case in point that
info
> > provided, whether on tags or in books, is not necessarily
correct.
> >
> > My Rudbeckia has some green buds on it right now. Hopefully it
will
> > take
> > several days for this to develop or that the flowers will last
for
> > several days. I'm going to be out of town for 5 - 6 days. Would
hate
> > to
> > miss seeing what happens with it. Will update after the blooms
> > arrive.
> >
> > Karen
> > z5a
>
>
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