Re: august, a bit long

Gene, I second Claire's motion. Tell us more about the skullcaps and I'll
add them to my list for sure.

Here, farther south (but not as far south as Gene), we have also had
unusual weather: quite a bit of rain and cooler than usual. We have
magnificent native plants in bloom: Joe Pye Weed, the blue Eupatorium,
Zigzag Goldenrod, Helenium, Heliopsis, Rudbeckia--and the asters are
starting. I almost forgot my special favorite, the Ironweed, and I'm sure
I'm forgetting some other things. Summer-blooming native plants are one of
the best ways to do low-maintenance gardening. I look for them more and
more.

Of course, the old reliable exotics are going strong. Rose of Sharon 'Joan
of Arc', Japanese anemones both pink and white, Kalimeris, Agastache,
Hosta 'Royal Standard', and Butterfly Bush (which can be really too much
of a good thing). Our roses occasionally manage to put forth a bloom or
two, and the Gaura is still blooming.

Annuals--good old impatiens, snow-on-the-mountain, cosmos, and nicotiana.
I started some Moonflower seeds back in May and the plants are nice and
large, but have produced no flowers so far. Too early? Or in too much
shade? Then there are all those tropical things like Cannas and Pentas.

And as Claire said, the weeds are incredible this year! They are always
bad here but this year it is a full time job to keep ahead of them.

Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN z5/6

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 ECPep@AOL.COM wrote:
> I don't know anything about skullcaps. Seed or plants? Maybe you could write
> some more on this plant.  I think the only place one sees them is in the seed
> exchanges.  A strong growing native plant that is a summer bloomer should be a
> very good idea.
>
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