Re: Montrose/ DIGEST V3 #192

In a message dated 10/27/02 7:36:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
OXFORDWALT@aol.com writes:


> that you and others will see things that I do not.  For example, Asters in a 
> 
> June garden are weeds to me.  Salvias were plants that I had little 
> interest 
> in( except"May Night" and a white form whose name escapes me) and so many 
> seem to be zone 7, yet in a garden visit this summer I saw many bushy 
> salvias 
> that kind of wetted my appetite.  

Nice words Walter, thank you.  But I was there when late summer perennials 
were in their blooming period.  Asters look like weeds to me also in spring.  
I might be that Ms. Goodwin does not concentrate on a spring garden.  In her 
location, the favorite Cyclamen bloom fall and winter.

You comment on Salvias is a good one.  There are more and more hybrids coming 
to market and some species that have yet to be tested in colder climates.  
While the majority are warm or Mediterranean climate plants, quite a few do 
well for me and suprisingly many rebloom in late summer.  Rebloom is usually 
silly talk here, that cut back, fertilize and have a second season is not for 
our zone.  So it has been interesting to have plants that really do easily 
rebloom here.  Maybe some others can volunteer which do well in zone 5 and 
lower gardens.  I leave alone marginal plants more and more but some Salvias 
are not marginal here if grown on the dry side and with good drainage.

One that reblooms faithfully and is a very strong plant is Salvia 
transylvanica, a good blue flower.  

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4  

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