Re: BRUNNERA macrophylla 'Variegata' MORE FORMS!
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- Subject: Re: BRUNNERA macrophylla 'Variegata' MORE FORMS!
- From: M* T*
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 04:22:24 -0400
Bill, when it comes to plant lust, nobody can rationalize like a
gardener:-)
You may be right about the weak plant and condition when you get it - have
often thought that myself on losing some that I know should grow and were
put where they supposedly would be happy. My first Excalibur just melted
from day one, but then someone posted somewhere that they needed NO sun and
a lot of moisture, so that's what I did with the second - a larger plant to
start with, too - and it did well last year, survived winter and, with
watering, has sailed through this summer in fine fettle. Of course, it got
attention, where my old standby 'Mrs. Moon' did not and I lost several
patches of her to the drought.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Blee811@aol.com
> Date: Saturday, September 11, 1999 8:10 AM
>
> 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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