Not really behind
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Not really behind
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 13:56:39 EDT
In a message dated 5/11/99 1:19:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, elle@europa.com
writes:
<< BTW, about the journal..great Idea. I did pictures all summer and going
over them now I have discovered that
1..we are behind
2..Salvia truly is not perennial
3..everything is planted too close together. >>
We may be behind last year, but last year was 3 weeks ahead of normal for
most of the gardening season; this year looks like about 1-1/2 to 2 weeks
ahead of normal. It will take many years of journal entries to determine
exactly what "normal" is for your location.
Some salvias are perennial and some aren't. It depends on their hardiness
for your area. The kind you buy in flats at local nurseries and discount
stores are not perennial, at least not in Z6a.
It's fun to remove or thin things when plantings are too close together.
Gives extra plants to plant in other areas and/or give to friends and
exchange at your garden club or plant society meetings.
AND...my shasta daisies did not survive either, even with a relatively mild
winter. But I've already planted three new ones.
Bill Lee
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