Re: new plants

> This campanula is labelled a thug by all sources. I bought it two years ago 
> at a club sale when everyone bypassed it on the tables.  There are places in 
> the garden where a thug is welcome.  My 'Cherry Bells'  is face to face with 
> Geranium macrorrhizum and both are doing well.

See now, I've never had any luck with Geranium macrorrhizum.  :)  Mine
barely comes back each year, although the other plants around it are
fine.  Oh well.  

I think I have the perfect spot for 'Cherry Bells'.  There's a sunny corner
in my backyard that nothing will grow in -- that's where it's going.  Ever
since I got my Campanula takesimana (

   http://www.hort.net/gallery/view/cam/camta40
   http://www.hort.net/gallery/view/cam/camta41

) from someone on this list, I have a new respect for Campanulas of this
type.  Although C. takesimana is also fairly aggressive, it's well worth
it!  

I do appreciate the warning, though...

> places for that long list of newcomers to your garden.  Wonderful to choose, 
> a joy to find on sale and then the chore of finding spaces in the garden.  Do 
> you consider this before filling up the wagon?   I have not in the past but 
> am making a resolution for the future.  

I usually fill the wagon, then find a home (at least when they're on sale).
It gives me a great chance to experiment with new plants, and I wouldn't 
miss that for the world!  

I do try to match my growing conditions, though.  I know that the sandy,
dry bed is almost full, so I usually avoid plants with those requirements
(unless they're better than what I have now).  But what I'm really doing
is stocking up while waiting for the neighbor's house to go on sale so
that I can annex their garden space (well, everyone needs to dream, right?)
:)

Chris

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