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Re: Welcome



On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Bob Vaiden wrote:

> I was interested in your statement(Lynelle) that you saw your first
> compassplant at Meadowbrook "last year".... do you mean 1996?  We had an
> almost total failure of compassplant at Meadowbrook in 1996...there were a
> very few....all at the east end.  The rest aren't dead....just didn't bloom.
> In 1995, virtually ALL bloomed- we had a terrific display of many hundreds.
> This same thing happened about 5 or 6 years ago...almost none bloomed
> anywhere in the county at that time (after a very good display the year
> before).  They must just "exhaust" themselves sometimes...anyone else notice
> this??

I saw one or two very late in the summer, perhaps even after frost; don't
think I saw any blooming.  Not sure, but I think they were towards the
east end.

> Dave Monk has connections with some areas north of Rantoul, and others keep
> an eye on it too....some areas need burning.  They put a fiber optics cable
> through some of it last year.   There are nice stands of Liatris, Pale
> Purple Coneflower, and Gentian in places.

I'm usually trying to look as I drive, so most things tend to be a blur,
but I do remember some good patches of coneflower. I've often thought
about stopping to get some coneflower seeds.  Is this allowed or even
appropriate?  I've also noticed more and more patches of what looks like
teasel on the east side of Rt.45.  Hope they don't take over.

Lynelle

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