Re: gentle suggestion

Hi Bob et al --- Just thought I'd add "my two cents worth" regarding your
thoughts (Mr. Robert Axmear) about a 'PRIMROSES/shadegardens' name-change
(new list?); and on this matter, my first and last thoughts are simply, that
I support your moves in any way, shape or form: which you may wish to move
on to improve?  That is one hundred percent support from myself to Bob
Axmear, to do as he personally sees fit and proper.

*DIFFERENT TOPIC* per ECHINACEA (coneflower)
This genus/species,  blooms from mid July, right through and UP TO freeze
up; and as such: I PERSONALLY LOVE THEM.  I'm into LINE BREEDING, certain
coneflower types; like for example, E. 'Ruby Giant' (red coneflower) and E.
'Art's Pride' (orange flowering?); and of course, my ultimate objective of
these multi-generation seedling trials projects -- is to possibly come up
with a decent SEED-STRAIN -- which shall reproduce the kids' flowering, to
be fairly exact,  to that of the maternal seed-pod-parent likeness?  I am
presently testing about 1000 seed-kids, from a self pollination of Ruby
Giant coneflower (Magnus derivative?), with the next step being a cross of
the best two sisters.  I call this nonsense, "Just fooling around, with
nothing better to do?" and the lesson to learn  here is: DON'T EVER RETIRE
FROM YOUR FULL TIME JOB, WHATEVER OR WHERE-EVER THIS MAY BE! -- because
sitting in a chair and just waiting to die -- can be so-awefully-BORING!..
trust me? <grin> {I'm joking}

*QUESTION*
I see that there is an Echinacea called "RAZMATAZZ" -- having a full
double-like floret thingy.  What concerns me, is comparable to Hosta VENUS,
which is a double flowering type, but has flower parts missing, which means,
no seeds can ever be had.  This blocks the applications of seedling
production; and my question here is: DOES ANYONE KNOW IF "razmatazz
coneflower", has all of the flower parts needed for seed production, or is
it: perhaps sterile???

PLEASE EXCUSE, my dumb question... *LAUGH*

B>))
"LAUGHTER?.. is everyone's best motive!"

 raffi@sympatico.ca (Bill Nash, Guelph, Ontario Canada Zone 4)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob" <bobaxe@SBTEK.NET>
To: <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [SG] gentle suggestion


> Good morning
> I was thinking about the idea of changing the list overnight and it is
> probably easier to start a new list anyway if someone wanted something
> different or find a list already started with the criteria you wanted.
> If the shadegardens part of the name was changed that would make it a
> new list with everyone having to move to the new list. Easier to just
> discuss a few other plants on this list. To me it is better to discuss
> other plants some than have no discussion at all.
>     Hostas grow great under walnut, have them under a huge walnut and
> they are as large as all the others.
> Bye
> Bob
>
> J.E. Shields wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Marge is probably right; there is no real need to change the list
> > name.  I
> > suggest that just a little maintenance is needed -- a couple people who
> > will "seed" the discussions when they lag.
> >
> > I have a shade related question:  Will Hosta grow well under a black
> > walnut
> > tree?  I have two or three black walnuts and a hickory, under which I'm
> > thinking of setting up some shady plant beds, mainly Hosta.  Daylilies
> > grow
> > fine under black walnuts, by the way.
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