Re: Artemesia Oriental Limelight Thug Alert

Spreads?  That's far too mild a verb for this thug.

I planted a 4" pot last spring and towards the end of summer noticed some of
that gorgeous foliage popping up several feet away from the original
planting.
I've now pulled, hacked, and cursed for 7 months and the darn stuff is still
popping up.
The roots had spread literally everywhere, 8 feet out in all directions.  It
was an amended bed and I've had to uproot everything else in it to be sure
of finding every teeny tiny piece of root.  Miss a 1/8" peice of root and
within a few weeks more foliage will sprout up.  The roots also had spread
down into the horrid red  clay under the 18" of built up amended soil.  I'm
a Master Gardener and should know better than to have let this happen.
Cheryl... you might consider watching this plant a while longer before you
add it to other places in your garden.
PS  We're in Zone 7.


                 kitt@kaboodle.com
Scenic Lake Norman, North Carolina  USA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl Isaak" <cherylisaak@adelphia.net>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 8:15 AM
Subject: Artemesia Oriental Limelight and more winter kill


> Greetings from a slowly warming up New Hampshire!
>
>   Some of you may recall our discussions on this last year.  Well, I
> can now confidently state, that it does overwinter and it spreads!  I
> am now in the process of replanting in various parts of the garden in
> deep pots sunk into the ground. Should clump up nicely now!
>
> I am finding some odd balls that didn't overwinter - my Coreopsis
> Limerock Ruby and C. Sweet Dreams appear to be gone. I'll leave their
> spots alone for a while in case they are late returning.  A few
> daylilies didn't make it - one heaved thanks to the rodent population
> in the garden and a few seem to have rotted away. Didn't spend top
> dollar on any of them, so no harm done.
>
> I also lost my Euphorbia myrsinites (donkey tail spurge) - it got
> covered with blowing leaves and rotted. And I gave all my seedlings
> away last year!
>
> What still blows me away is the amount of winter kill on my red
> leafed rose; I lost about half the canes. This is the first year that
> it has seen this much snow cover and I left the hips on for the
> birds. All thoughts welcome on the causes of the dead canes. BUT, I
> found 4 seedlings from it this spring; they are headed to Monica.
>
> Happy Gardening
>
> Cheryl
> --
> Cheryl Isaak
> Londonderry, NH
> AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
> growing, stitching and reading in NH
>
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