Re: Campanula 'Kent Belle'
- Subject: Re: Campanula 'Kent Belle'
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 22:48:29 EDT
In a message dated 5/22/02 5:00:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
SSaxton@schwabe.com writes:
<< New to me, but growing it. I actually lost Cherry Bells, I'm sorry to
say, after a few years. >>
Well, Susan, if you were close by you could drop in a get a new supply of
Cherry Bells. I would be happy to give you all you needed. It seems to grow
anywhere, a native of Korea, and feared by almost everyone who have been
warned. Then you go and try it and lose it. I thought it quite pretty, it
is described as a ground cover in the catalogs. There is no accounting for
why some plants do well in one place and fail in others.
I planted Kent Belle and put a bamboo marker next to it. I use bamboo
markers next to plants I want to divide, move, do something. I don't always
remember why the marker but I know something is supposed to happen.
To Eva T., I looked around a part of my garden where the best hostas grow
this afternoon and note than some are fully frozen. I dug around them and
see the crown is not damaged but the first flush of growth is totally
damaged. A shrub, name forgotten at this moment, a variegated elderberry, a
beautiful plant is also totally frozen. A Eupatorium is done in and all the
Astilbes left in the garden. All the hosta Plantaginea are fully frozen and
there are other things here and there. I don't think any of this is
permanent damage but the June garden won't look so good with all those frozen
hostas.
Strangely, a native geranium, called Herb Robert is also frozen in many
plants. I know a lot of people regard this as a weed but just as many dig it
up here and try to introduce to their gardens. I usually just leave it alone
but it illustrates that the native plants also are affected by the freeze.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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