Re: Seedlings everywhere!

I live in Zone 3-4 in northern Wisc.  We had a similar winter here last
season.  No snow until late January and our frost line went more than 4 feet
into the ground (this is no exaggeration).  Most perennial gardens took a
deathly toll come spring.  Even some customers of mine lost Yarrow of all
kinds.
This summer, beginning in August, my garden started sprouting seedlings of all
types all over the place.  I have seedlings of established 5 year plants that
for the first time reseeded all over the place.  An older Chokeberry had so
many berries on it, all branches were on the ground.  I had to remove 2 five
gallon pails of seeds from it before it would begin to upright.
In conclusion, we in the northwoods of Wisc. had similar 'miracles' occur in
our gardens.  There is so much to transplant and move around this fall and
hopefully this spring.
Enjoy your little miracles.

Chris
Bits of Sunshine Nursery
Tomahawk, WI
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Blee811@aol.com
  To: perennials@hort.net
  Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:21 AM
  Subject: Seedlings everywhere!


  Has anybody else had seedlings come up all over the place this year? In the
  Cincinnati area, we had a severe drought last summer, then a colder than
usual
  winter, with one period of about 3 weeks of snow cover. Adequate to above
  average rainfall since winter.

  I'm seeing seedlings of things that have never reseeded before. Kousa and
  American dogwoods, redbuds everywhere (and lots of pods hanging on the trees
this
  year as well). Echnichea. Liatris (although it generally does this). Cleome
  jumping beds--30 yards or more. Eupatorium coelestinum (the so-called annual
  ageratum)--yes, this is a vigorous spreader all the time, but it too is
jumping
  beds. Brunera seedlings for the first time in many years. Columbine 'Nora
  Barlow' also for the first time--not jumping beds, but dozens of seedlings
just
  now emerging.

  I've never seen the likes of this before. The dogwoods are especially
  surprising to me.

  Bill Lee
  Z6a outside Cincinnati

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