airhead

How can I thank you for all your words of encouragement?  Sounds like
many of you experienced the same frustrations as I when you were
beginning gardeners.  I surely was encouraged to hear that shasta
daisies don't mind being moved around.  Just about the time that mine
start feeling cozy in their new homes and start getting acquainted
with their new neighbors, I uproot them and move them to a new
location.  Now I am faced with another dilemma.  Yesterday, while
browsing through the new Woman's Day magazine, I came across a picture
of some lovely hardy geraniums.  I have been nurturing along what I
thought were geraniums, however a closer inspection of the magazine
picture revealed that their foliage looks nothing like mine.  The
obvious conclusion is that what I thought were geraniums is something
else and I don't have the faintest idea what.  Naturally, as luck
would have it, I have it at the back of the garden because I expected
it to get fairly tall.  It looks like I have another mystery plant on
my hands.
Someone suggested that I keep a camera on hand so that when fall comes
I can remember what the garden looked like at various times during the
summer.  What a good idea!  
All the disaster stories about Preen have made me decide to steer
clear of it.  I really don't need any new problems right now. 
Besides, I have so many plants crammed in my little garden, I don't
think a weed could find a place to take root.
One of my garden books said to cut back the columbine after flowering
for repeated bloom.  Does anyone know how far I should cut them back? 
Are we talking leaves or just stems?
Keep up all the encouraging comments.  I do appreciate it.
Jeanne in Ohio  




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