Re: the quiet gardeners



ECPep@aol.com wrote:

> Hello Clair and all,

Did anyone notice that yesterdays PBS' Victory Garden made chrysanthemum
"Sheffield"their plant of the week...It was just loaded with pale pink
flowers....Look's like you know your stuff there Clair...(as always impressed
with your knownledge)
Thanks.
Connie

>
>
> A second plant still in bloom and discussed recently with a friend who has
> good sized clumps, is the chrysanthemum "Sheffield".  This may be around in
> catalogs having been orginally rescued by the McGourtys of Connecticut
> (authors and nurserymen).  Sheffield is in bloom now and seem oblivious to
> the truly awful weather we can provide for it.  Sheffield is a dusty pink
> large single flower, narrow petals small gold centers.  Sheffield survives in
> well drained soil and it is a permanent mum in the perennial garden.
>
> Probably most are digging in the fall bulbs, closing up shop in the garden
> and retiring to read all the magazines, books and catlaogs that piled up all
> summer.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4
>
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