Re: Agastache
- Subject: Re: Agastache
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 04:05:34 -0400
Most interesting as Cleome is making a green carpet in several places
right now, including the driveway...have to get after it and pull
what is not wanted. Now, I have had singularly bad luck trying to
grow V. bonariensis; figured maybe not enough sun, but could be my
black thumb.
Cleome is one of those plants that does much better self seeding than
being sown. It does not like to be transplanted and if it gets any
setback in growth from lack of water while in a pot or getting at all
pot bound does not amount to a hill of beans. Also needs about 2
feet of space around each plant to show its true potential. If I
don't get the self sown seedlings thinned, I have massive amounts of
spindly plants trying to flower and looking pretty awful.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Isabelle Hayes <bhayes@catskill.net>
>
> Here's another example of the mystery of Mother Nature: in my
garden I
> have never had Cleome seed itself, nor Verbena Bonariensis either,
> though others think them invasive. I even have trouble growing
them
> from seed.
>
> Isabelle Hayes, zone 5ish
>
> Marge Talt wrote:
> >
> > I have the purple variety of this seeding all over the place.
While
> > not as bad as Cleome, it manages to show up pretty heavily, but
is
> > easy to pull, with the added bonus of the fragrance.
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