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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Winter-Interest Plants -Reply

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>fact, mine look so pathetic every spring that I can't bear to cut them
>back--there's almost nothing to cut. I have had at best a couple of runty
>looking fls. What kinds of conditions do they like best? I feel like SUCH
>a failure! What am I doing wrong? I love them in other people's gardens
>and would give anything to grow them.
****A couple of things you can try, Bobbi.....first, try planting them close
to your foundation (keeps the roots slightly warmer). I have a couple that
have come through 3 or 4 winters without any real mulching by planting them
along the south foundation wall. Second, cut them down to about 6 inches in
spring....just leave a couple of nodes above the soil line, since they bloom
on new growth. Third, pile up straw around the whole base of the plant in
late November; they aren't really more than marginal in the northern tier of
states. You might also take cuttings in the fall and overwinter them indoors
under lights.

On a similar note, has anyone grown the Buddleia cultivar 'Sungold' in the
north? I got it last fall, took cuttings to keep from totally losing it, and
planted it along the foundation. Sungold has yellow/orange
flowers....something I'd never seen in a Buddleia before. Jean Bawden-Madison,Wi
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