Re: Late summer/fall flowers/helianthus maximus
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- Subject: Re: Late summer/fall flowers/helianthus maximus
- From: M* M*
- Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 19:20:11 -0600
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Gary, I'm glad you mentioned helianthus maximus. I ordered one plant last
year, from High Country Gardens out of Santa Fe, NM. It was just a piddly
little thing that I stuck in between some rudbeckias and ornamental
grasses. But by late September---WOW! I think that the stems were at least
six feet tall, and the flowers were wonderful. No photo I've seen does
justice to this great plant. This spring, I moved it to an area where it
won't be crowded by other plants. It deserves to be shown off as a
specimen. I've read that it can be spready, but that's OK with me.
Myrna, Zone 3, Montana
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At 09:21 PM 5/31/99 -0700, you wrote:
(snip)
>Another spectacular late bloomer that may require a little more water
depending
>on your soil and climate is Helianthus maximillian. The whole plant
lights up
>with little yellow sunflowers in October, and it will do amazingly well with
>really meager water rations. It may look peaked in the midsummer and will
not
>get very tall, but come the cooler weather of fall, it gets itself back in
>some condition and blooms.
>Gary
>-
>Gary Matson Far Northern California
>http://www.plantstogo.com
>Adapted Plants for Hot Summer Climates
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