Re: What's new in your garden?
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  • Subject: Re: What's new in your garden?
  • From: &* P* L* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 17:52:35 -0500 (CDT)
----- Original Message -----
> Well, some of these are still alive here in Tennessee but a lot are
> dead
> and/or sad.  Carex, Heuchera, some Hosta, other plants that I was
> pushing their hardiness too.
> But I finally found Carex 'Banana Boat' and got all of them potted up
> in
> size.  They are really beginning to shine.  Hope this Carex is
> tougher
> than zero degrees though.
> Funny how well the wildflowers are doing after the wet year and 19
> year
> old lows.  All the natives have been beautiful.

Hi Nancy,

You're right, and I hadn't really thought about it!  The natives have 
been great this year.  It's almost like Mother Nature knows what she's
doing or something.

I'm sorry to hear about all of the plant losses.  The only good
thing is that it makes room for new ones, but I hate going around
in the spring and finding all of those 'holes'.

'Banana Boat' looks interesting!  I'll have to try one here, since
it's supposed to be hardy in zone 5.  I've grown the straight species
of Carex siderosticha and have a clump of 'Variegata' from Marge Talt
that needs to be moved (it's slowly declining after spreading nicely
one year).  That bed doesn't have much yellow in it, so I'm adding
this to my 'lust list.'  :D

Chris

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