Re: LISIANTHUS

At 09:07 PM 11/17/98 EST, Dee Ann Scheller wrote:
>MARGE,MARILYN,NAN, BILL,DIANA, ISABELLE, JEAN,  MARGARET  AND ALL THE
>REST
>I enjoy all of your posts and wish I were able to meet each of you in
>person.  Some of you are really witty and fast with a reply--I usually
>think of a VERY  clever reply about 3 days after the remark.
>
>Do any of you who like to germinate your own seeds, plant " Lisianthus"?
>and have you had successful results?  I have purchased this plant each
>year for the past 4 or 5 and love it dearly, BUT in my area it must be
>regarded as a annual I suppose.  I have tried to pot it and bring it into
>my potting shed for the winter but it must not thrive well when
>transplanted as a mature plant.  If you have had some success with it
>please reply.   ( I have found the seeds in Park Seed catalog--$2.95 for
>100)
>
>Another plant I have been really pleased with is Scabiosa (pin cushion)
>even though we have had several heavy frosts it is still blooming (as are
>the alyssum)  Have any of you had luck growing this from seed?
>
>What about "monkshood"Aconitum-- foxglove Digitalis--or Delphinium
>
> Dee Ann in zone 6 Southern Indiana


Hi Dee Ann,  I have never grown Lisianthus so can't help you there, but I do
have experience with all the rest that you name.

Scabiosa (perennial type) grows easily from seed, blooms off and on all
summer. Clumps get bigger year by year, flowers are great cuts.

Aconitum- is difficult from seed, taking periods of cold, warm, cold.
Plants, once established, are very long lived and get bigger and more
beautiful year by year.  Are very hardy and resent being moved or divided,
so choose your spot carefully.  I found this out the hard way.  My 3 year
old clumps had huge dark blue spikes up to 7 ft. tall this autumn.

Digitalis- is VERY easy from seed, just sprinkle it around the garden now
where you want it and you will have plenty of  new plants in the spring.  It
is not long lived, but replaces itself with new babies.

Delphinium- is moderately easy from seed.  You can start it right now for
blooms next spring.  They like to grow cool.
Marilyn Dube'
NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, Oregon,  Zone 8b


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