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Re: new project


> I hope I am not too off-topic with this one.  My sister and I are renovating
> an old garden area that hasn't been touched in years.  It was once a 3-tired
> garden.  We plan small shrubs as fencing on the top, then some perennials,
> then the largest area is saved for veggies and hers, and some annual flowers.
> 
> This is for next year, but we would like to get started now.  What quick
> growers could we put in?  It is hot in central NY right now.  The
> veggie-herb-flower area is about 50' and 4'-5' wide.  
> 
> Also, if anyone would e-mail me privately with ANY landscaping, soil prep
> ideas, I would be very grateful.
> 
> Meanwhile, we can plant something n that bottom tier right now.
> 
> Judy
> Zone 5/6
> central New York
> Jalust@aol.com
> 
Judy

Hybrid delphiniums make a great showing at the back of a perennial 
border. You will get two flowerings per year out of them in zones 
5/6.

For more information check out our web site and/or see the Delphinium 
Society page at http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/delp/del.html

Have fun

Terry Dowdeswell
18 Henderson Ave
Tuakau, New Zealand
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Terry@delphinium.co.nz
http://www.delphinium.co.nz
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