Re: Verbascum questions
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- Subject: Re: Verbascum questions
- From: L* R*
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 06:35:45 -0600
Nan,
No sympathy here about your one season dilemma!!
I have verbascum, called arctic summer. It's only two years old and acting
much too happy in my garden, multiplying on its own and such.
I planted it against a northern wall behind a bed of english roses and
lavender. The first summer it was mediocre - no big spikes. The second
year, it grew to 6 feet, bloomed all summer, and had three babies sprout to
its right and left. They grew spikes and bloomed as well. It needed
staking. It's supposed to be propogated by taking root cuttings in the
winter, but I simply transplanted the large baby plants to other parts of
the garden. It dies down for winter - here in B.C. Canada it hasn't died
yet, but it will.
Lorraine
White Rock, B, C.
Zone 8
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> From: Nan Sterman <nsterman@mindsovermatter.com>
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Verbascum questions
> Date: Thursday, November 19, 1998 12:26 AM
>
> I'm thinking about my failures with verbascum this past year and
wondering
> how to take a different approach. Aren't verbascum Helen Johnson and the
> recent showy varieties supposed to be perennial? In my garden, they
seemed
> to die after a short stint. I had one in a part-sun, medium water spot,
> another in a full sun lower water spot, and one in a pot in my holding
> area. They all seemend to shrivel up and die.
>
> What do you all suggest before I give up? What conditions do they seem
to
> thrive in?
>
> Nan
>
> P.S. I am in the cursed 364 day a year growing zone with no seasons, no
> winter break, and no time to sit by the fire and read catalogs. I could
> use a little sympathy here.... : }
>
> **********
> '''''''''''''''''''''''
> Nan Sterman
> San Diego County California
> Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
>
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