Re: violets, thugs, others

What?  You didn't have some Artemisa 'Oriental Limelight' you could spare?
I could send you some Ageratina/Eupatorium  'Joicus' if you want a pretty
thug.
Seriously, I commend your efforts to add some color to the place.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Martinson" <llmen@wi.rr.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: violets, thugs, others


> >All things are relative, violets included.
> >Nancy  Tennessee
>
> I recently purchased a commercial property which I have rehabbed and
> opened as a tavern and restaurant.  It is in a heavily industrial
> area of the city which is experiencing a renovation.  The areas
> around the building and parking lot were 98% asphalt.  The plants
> which have managed to colonize the remaining cracks and few open
> areas of soil are the expected Tree of Heaven, Box Elder, Mulberry,
> Cottonwood and a Rogue's Gallery of annual and perennial weeds.
>
> In the few places I've been prying up the bitumen, I've brought along
> some thugs of my own:  Celandine poppy, Corydalis lutea, Dame's
> Rocket, Anemone virginiana, to name just a few.  At least these thugs
> will add a bit of color!  I've even planted a Calystegia hederacea
> 'Flore Plena', but situated it next to a light pole in the parking
> lot with at least 20 ft of asphalt in all directions, just in case.
>
> -- 
> Don Martinson
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin
> l*@wi.rr.com
>
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