Re: dahlia, anemone, and monkshood

In a message dated 9/28/01 10:46:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
bhayes@catskill.net writes:

<< 
 I do grow my dahlias from tubers that I take out of the soil in the
 fall, and have been successful for years, just keeping them in a dry and
 cool dark spot, then putting them in pots under lights, just like what I
 grow from seed, in the spring, and put them out, or in the ground only
 in June, when I'm (pretty) sure we won't have any more frost;
 
 and some of them do have enough time and sun to grow very well indeed; >>


One more thought, Isabelle, there are some years when the combination of 
temperatures and rain appear differently than previous years preventing some 
of the most reliable plants from blooming.  Those plants will then bloom in 
following years as nothing happened.

For example, I have a caryopteris that some years is just a bush with a few 
buds, this year it is a blaze of blue and I can't exactly say why this 
occurs.   Last year it rained nearly every day in the growing season and 
morning glories on some twig creations my husband just for them never opened 
one flower.  This year they are good and some summers they are quite a show.  
There is a Malus sargenti, a big bush, not a tree, of a species crabapple in 
front of my window where I am writing. That Malus has never had one fruit on 
it in all the time it hasbeen growing here.  This year it is heavy with tiny 
little apples and quite pretty as the birds haven't found it.

So, if a dahlia or some other usually reliable plant takes a year off, don't 
be discouraged.  It will probably be all right next year.  Everyone must have 
some garden favorite that takes a rest now and then.

Marilyn, we cannot collect shoots in February.  In February we are carrying 
in wood and fainting from the oil bills.  No garden chores here in February. 
I would so like to have your garden spot for a few years.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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