Re: [SG] Rhodies
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Rhodies
- From: V* <k*@EARTHLINK.NET>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 11:16:18 -0400
Whew....thanks Donna, Now I know my sanity is intact. (well, sort of)
I just had an answer on another list that says soil ph may be a
factor....(?)
I thought that was for certain hydrangeas...had no idea it would effect
rhodies too.
Anyone else heard that?
Vickie
Southern York County, Pennslyvania
Zone 6
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/3009/index.html
ICQ# 30660126
>I can't tell you what happened or why -- but if it's any reassurance,
colour
>variations from year to year happen to my rhodies too (also planted by a
>previous gardener with an enthusiasm for vivid colours. I quite like
>rhodos -- but fluorescent fuscia and beach-wear day-glow pink are tricky
>colours to integrate. Even FRIN the very back of the garden in a woodland
>border, that bubble-gum pink reaches out to you!)
>
>The colour differences seem to happen with paler shades. I have four that
>are sometimes white -- 2 are sometimes pale pink, 2 are sometimes pale
>mauve. They don't switch. (i.e. the sometimes pink is never sometimes
>mauve).
>
>If anyone knows the why of this -- I'd be curious to know too! :-)
>
>(BTW -- those kinds gardeners who responded to my query re: care & feeding
>of a variegated rhodo may be interested to know that -- I moved it --
>sheltered it -- and it's blooming for the first time in 7 years. A lovely
>delicate lilac!)
>
>Donna -- Zone 6ish. In BC's Fraser Valley.
>
