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Re: Floppy moonbeams

> Happy Friday!
>   In the fall of 95 I planted 3 4inch Moonbeam Coreopsis in my border.They
>performed so well in the 96 season, I was ready to put them on my top-ten
>must have list. They died back to the ground over winter, and came up just
>fine this year
>but failed miserably to  repeat the 96 show. All three looked nice and green,
>but they
>reclined lazily on the ground with a bad hair part down the middle and
>bloomed
>very little. Has anyone experienced this? Is there some sort of haircut
>regimen I should have performed???
>                    Kathy in the Napa Valley , USDA zone 9 (this year anyway)
>                     Sunset zone 14
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Happy Friday to you too......
and It's almost 5:00 pm.....
I planted Moonbeams 2-1/2 years ago...the first two summers they were
beautiful mounds about 2 foot wide and 1 foot tall. This year they really
took off in the spring and they were a good 20 inches tall and they fell
over like yours. Well, about mid July I gave them a hair cut....I just took
my pruners to them and cut them to a height of 8-10 inches. They loved it I
guess, cause they look great. I will probably divide them in the spring. I
did dig up some of the edges to give to a neighbor. I told her I didn't
know if it would work, but they look great also....although I don't know if
they will survive this zone 5 winter.

Have a great weekend......
Ruth


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