Re: Verbena bonariensis

In a message dated 5/11/00 4:43:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
valerie-anne@lineone.net writes:

<< Sedums, teasels, evening primrose, alchemilla mollis,
 digitalis, rudbeckia, cowslip, etc., etc., re-seed prolifically for me, but
 not V. bonariensis.   Neither do hellebores nor hostas, which I know do
 self-seed for other people.  The V.b's I had in last year are coming up
 well, but the only seedlings I have are the ones I have sown in trays taken
 from some dead heads I cut off at the end of last year. >>

Very strange.  Maybe a previous post to the effect that yours do not get cold 
enough in winter is the difference.  I also have some Hellebores orientale 
that seeds readily as does H. foetida.  Many people would consider you 
fortunate that you don't have reseeding of bonariensis.
Bill Lee

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