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Re: Hi

I'd sure love to attend YOUR sale!
I've got about 600 pots ready for next April. I heard them together and cover with leaves in late November, early December and then pull them out in early March. I'll digg about 200 more next spring.
And you mentioned fernleaf peonies. I planted 2 tiny little starts I got from a wonderful nursery in Missouri and let them sit for about 5 years. I dug them up in fall and potted up 13 pots, mostly 2 gallon but a couple 1gal and 3 four-gallon. All did fine. I even potted up the broken pieces in 2 pots and one yielded a nice start. 

BTW - I am never moving.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "lil tovey" <liltovey@hotmail.com> 
To: "Perennials @ hortnet" <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:41 PM
Subject: RE: Hi
Gotta tell you our sale is amazing - we have several true collectors, as well 
as the former head of horticulture at the Royal Botanical Gardens who has
herself an extensive collection of rare and unusuals, etc. etc. These folks donate unbelievably generously. Since I'm moving in a month I've potted up some treasures, and have had to talk to myself to leave other stuff behind. But I do know that I can get splits from others. Of course new garden is about 
10 percent the size of my current one. I'm going to  have to learn to be
selective. I have taken some of my favourite daylilies though heaven only
knows where I'll put them. Was stong with the Brunneras and only took Jack
Frost but I really weakened on the epimediums...
Lil T





Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:55:16 -0400
To: perennials@hort.net
From: cherylisaak@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Hi

I've want to come to your plant sale!
>I have Dawson's White, Silver Wings, Looking Glass, Jack Frost, and
>Hadspens Cream. I think I have Langtrees, too. I have had my eye
>on King's Ransom for awhile.
>
>I have divided them spring and fall, but since they bloom in spring,
>I usually do it later. The AHS book does say to divide in spring,
>though. Also mentions taking root cuttings in winter. I've not done
>that myself; have often wanted to try it on Oriental Poppies.
>
>I have 2 plants sales, late April & late August, and Brunneras are
>usually snatched up pretty quickly. Even the seedlings which, as
>you mentioned don't come true, are still lovely things in bloom and
>sell easily.
>
>Kitty
>neIN, Zone 5
>----- Original Message ----- From: "lil tovey" <liltovey@hotmail.com>
>To: "Perennials @ hortnet" <perennials@hort.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:53 PM
>Subject: RE: Hi
>
>>Hi Alyce
>>Because I love it so much too, I was a bit more careful than usual >>(also 
it

>>cost me a lot when I first bought it!) - dug up the whole plant and

divided
>>the roots kinda carefully. That being said, I have a friend who >>routinely 
>>splits hers every spring and puts the pieces in out plant sale - she is

much
>>more aggresive than I was. She literally divides it in half or >>sometimes 
>>leaves herself only a third. Brave lady!
>>Lil
>>Georgetown Ontario.
>>Zone 5
>>
>>>Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:05:52 -0400
>>>To: perennials@hort.net
>>>From: aete@northnet.org
>>>Subject: RE: Hi
>>>
>>>Hi Lil,
>>>
>>>Well, I've been dragging my feet about dividing my Jack Frost
>>>Brunnera; I love it and I only have one. Any tips? I won't bother
>>>it till spring but I planted it in June of 2005 so I'd like to make
>>>at least two plants from it. Besides I've never seen the roots and
>>>I'm curious. Do they need any special handling?
>>>
>>>Alyce Elliott
>>>Northern New York zone 4
>>>
>>>At 06:38 PM 10/25/2010, you wrote:
>>>>Yep, I got your message. Feel safer with my dug up anemones now... >>>>Also 
>>hoping
>>> >the Jack Frost Brunnera I split makes it till spring.
>>>
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growing, stitching and reading in NH

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