Re: BRUNNERA macrophylla 'Variegata' MORE FORMS!

In a message dated 9/11/99 4:04:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mtalt@clark.net 
writes:

<< How else can you actually ID the plant you have? 
 Positive ID is important and you really have no choice but to get them all
 to make sure ;-) >>

Thanks, Marge.  As if I needed encouragement.  Don't we all rationalize well? 
 Good luck with your Brunnera purchases.  I looked closely at mine yesterday 
and while many things in my garden are wilted or dying (going dormant I 
hope), the 'Variegata' is still humming along.  Even the nasty Amur 
honeysuckle is wilting, those that I haven't yet gotten rid of.

As for Pulmonaria 'Excalibur', it is a thriving plant for me here in Z6a 
outside of Cincinnati.  This year it started blooming in February (mild 
winter this year) and by early summer was absolutely huge.  It melted in 
August, however, but new shoots are coming up.  Luckily I hit on the first 
one, but you're right that sometimes a plant doesn't 'take' the first time.  
It may be planting time, soil, location, or I think often you just have a 
weak plant; maybe it was tissue cultured or it wasn't treated well in the 
nursery.  I like to compare them to families--often you find a smaller or 
weaker child in a family where most of the children are robust.

Bill Lee

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