Re: 'gardeners' in our area are weird because...
Matt Trahan wrote:
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> 7. Carefree mums are one of the heritage plants I remember most from my
> Mom's garden.
> Treating them this trashy drives me nuts!
It is silly, isn't it? I did this years ago one fall, with some
beautiful lavendar mums, but didn't get around to digging them up. So
next spring, I had enormous clumps of these mums that I divided, put in
pots, etc. and they bloomed their heads off in the Fall -- gorgeous.
The next year, I had to give a lot away. Now I plant mums in the Spring
and there they are, dressing up the Fall season like mad. Not low
maintenance plants though...
Now that Matt has brought up mums -- I've been looking for a variety
that I saw growing in Boulder, CO -- came up every year with NO care,
bloomed in July/August, gold-bronze doubled daisy flowers with shorter
petals in the center, about 30 inches tall, healthy deep green foliage,
no staking. Any ideas as to name? Yeah, I know things behave
differently in those cool mountain climates, but I'd still like to try
it here...
Anne LD
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> Matt Trahan <matttrahan@ecsu.campus.mci.net>
> USDA zone 8, AHS heat zone 7, Sunset zone 31, northeastern N.C.
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