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- Posted by ishareflowers 5 MA. (ishareflowers@aol.com) on Wed, May 25, 11 at 20:10
| Hi Ken, That is artemesia oriental limelight,it can be a thug here in zone 5/6.. I had mine planted in part shade and loved it so much that I moved it to a full sun bed....tsk,tsk,tsk...I have been trying to pull it for two years. Be careful!!! Lisa |
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- Posted by peaceofmind 6 MO (My Page) on Wed, May 25, 11 at 20:32
| That was no friend who gave you that plant. LOL I think it is really pretty but I was warned and put it in a bed of it's own. I cut off the flowers, too. They are insignificant. |
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| Hi Ken I am always so impressed with your answers and your website with all the detailed info. Thanks so much! I have this in my garden that came with the house we bought last year and the nursery (Conan's) said it was a false spirea...it is really invasive that spreads by underground runners....it gets about 30" high and if you can keep it contained it makes for a nice shrub like plant. Hope that helps! Brenda |
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- Posted by arbo_retum z5 WinchstrMA (My Page) on Thu, May 26, 11 at 1:26
| ken, what website is brenda referring to? i love this artemesia. surely you have so much room that you can let this spread in certain spots.....? i keep mine whacked back to control height. happy in junk soil. |
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- Posted by ishareflowers 5 MA. (ishareflowers@aol.com) on Thu, May 26, 11 at 9:32
| Brenda...I would find a new nursery if that is the kind of info they are giving you...Do a search of false spirea(astilbe) and you will see that it is a totally different looking plant.. Ken, Mindy is right,it is a beauty IF you can keep it under control. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, May 26, 11 at 9:53
| i do not have a website .... and in my friends defense ... i probably demanded it ... EVERYTHING is subject to generic roundup .. lol ... ken |
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| brenda5b - Sorbaria sorbifolia and Astilbe chinensis are both commonly known as False Spiraea (the perils of common names again). But Ken hasn't got either. His plant is not a shrub but a hardy perennial. |
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| Ken, beware of this one. It really is a thug - took me years to eradicate, after planting just one. |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Fri, May 27, 11 at 9:53
| Like houttunyia, goutweed, Jerusalem artichoke or yellow archangel, not a plant I would ever intentionally plant in my garden :-)) YMMV |
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