Fw: Weather down south/questions
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- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 12:17:10 -0400
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From: Lynn Lamb <plamb5@bellsouth.net>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Cc: shadegardens@MAELSTRUM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTRUM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 12:15 PM
Subject: Weather down south/questions
>
>Hello friends,
> Fall is definitely in the air here and how refreshing it is! Last
night
>we blessedly had over an inch of rain (FLOYD missed us, even with the rain)
>and today it is very cool and sunny. This is great weather for planting
and
>I am expecting orders any day now from Plant Delights and Niche Gardens.
> Do any of you use the copper strips around your hosta plants as a slug
>prevention? If so, how wide are the strips that you use and how deep do
>they go in the ground? I just don't want to use chemicals anymore, plus I
>have two dogs that I don't want to risk poisoning. I did get Sluggo, but
my
>husband picked up some copper pieces at the textile plant where he works
>yesterday that were going to be thrown away. We saw an HGTV garden segment
>that showed how to use the copper strips to deter slugs several months ago,
>so we thought we would try that method. I think that the slugs are even
>eating tender new shoots of my Historic Irises as I saw their silvery trail
>on one of the eaten off leaves. If I lose any of those that I have put so
>much money in this year, I am going to be extremely distressed!
> Another question...have any of you planted Veronica 'Goodness Grows' in
>the fall and had it return in the spring? My Lantana 'Miss Huff' and
>Solidago 'Fireworks' are in full bloom now and look great together, but a
>Southern Living article said that you need blue to set off those yellow and
>orange plants. I am planning to plant Salvia 'Indigo Spires' next spring,
>as I have heard that it has a better chance of coming back if planted in
the
>spring here, but I am wondering if I should add the veronica now or wait
>until spring.
>
>Lynn Lamb
>Zone 7b
>Belmont, North Carolina
>
>
