Re: Summer bulbs (formerly Thanks for the Feedback)


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From: VBouffard@aol.com <VBouffard@aol.com>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: Summer bulbs (formerly Thanks for the Feedback)


>     About those bulbs:  the allium moly is hardy, but isn't always a
reliable
>rebloomer for me, much to my chagrin.  I think the bulbs split and multiply
>and then aren't big enough to rebloom.  Possibly planting them deeper would
>help?
>     If you planted the big, gorgeous anemones (windflowers), they almost
>certainly won't survive a winter outdoors.  The little, early ones are
fine,
>but not those fancy ones.
>     I don't know for sure what you mean by swordflower.  If you mean
>crocosmia or montbretia, some strains are hardier than others and you're at
>the colder limit for even the hardiest.
>     I would suggest that you get yourself a few reliable bulb catalogs.
>Throw out any catalog that claims that everything they sell is hardy
>everywhere.  I happen to have in front of me right now the John Scheepers
>catalog, which has a website at www.johnscheepers.com.  They have lots of
nice
>things, good quality.
>     One final word:  I live in Zone 6 and have gladiolus in my vegetable
>garden that have been coming up for years.  They're on the south side of my
>house in a protected spot.  So microclimate is a big factor.  Don't count
on
>those bulbs being hardy, though.
>
>Vivien
>Zone 6, MA
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Thanks Vivien,

I don't know what kind of Windflowers they are.  I think that they are
probably the smaller ones.  I got the whole set of bulbs from the Arbor Day
Foundation for a contribution that I made.  Of course there were not
instructions/information about hardiness or planting.  There was a brief
description of how deep and how far apart to plant the bulbs.  It said that
the windflowers were about 10" high, so I assume they are the smaller ones.
As far as Sword Lilies go, I found them in one of the internet databases,
and there were many of them.  Apparently, they are some sort of glad, but I
don't know what kind.  I planted the glads on the southern side of the house
pretty close to the foundation.  As an experiment, I may just leave some of
them in to see if they survive the winter.

Thanks for the link to that catalog.  I sent for one for future reference.

Marie
Z5
W Massachusetts

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