This is a public-interest archive. Personal data is pseudonymized and retained under GDPR Article 89.

Re: [SG] Fall Planting has Begun / Clyde

Hello Clyde,
        You are welcome to come visit any time you can catch me.
        I do not understand why you can not plant lots of other things beside
hostas. Can you tell me more on that one? I am a bit dense here, but
inquiring minds do want to know.
        When you speak of not being too showy and exotics not looking nice...
Clyde, Hostas are exotics. They are from Japan among other places.
Certainly not from anywhere in the US. Help me out here, Clyde. I am
honestly not trying to be smart.. just trying to figure out what you are up
to in your garden. Sounds as though you have some great plants and you have
interesting things to say about them. Would like to understand more.
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

----------
> From: Clyde Crockett <CCREDUX@AOL.COM>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] Fall Planting has Begun
> Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 9:41 PM
> Hi Gene & All,
>
> I'd really like to see your garden, Gene. Sounds GREAT! You are doing
> something I wish I would do---plant a lot of things besides hostas for
all-
> season interest.
>
> I am starting fall planting of sorts. Extending a border in my front
garden
> that looked rather incomplete. The area gets a healthy dose of morning
sun. I
> had to get rid of grass, so I used my lazy method=dumped a lot of
12-12-12 on
> the grass and watered. Then we had rain to boot. Grass will be dead by
> Thursday. Then comes the raised border.
>
>
> With your advice, I shall plant, besides hostas, some anenomes, and
aconitums.
> I don't want it to be too showy since it is sorta in the front yard--off
to
> the south side.
> I don't think exotics would look nice here, but I have GOT to plan for at
> least one ginger. The other plantings will be some smallish,
shade-tolerant
> grasses and sedges and one luzula.
>  My other fall planting is very mundane---lawn grass seeds.
>
> Keep us posted, Gene.
>
>
> Clyde Crockett z5 Indianapolis IN
> ccredux@aol.com
> P.S. Does anyone plant the so-called perennial tulips? Are they really
> perennial?
> cc
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index