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Wed, Sep 18, 13 at 19:22
| I was going to add this on to another post with delphiniums (but chose to let that ugly post work its way down the line....) so here's a new post on delphinium rebloom. I have to see if I can find the tag for this one.... it *might* be a millennium type but I really can't remember. I picked it up this spring figuring I'd get a nice bloom stalk and then maybe have it peter out in a few seasons, but instead I was rewarded with this rebloom. Both stalks snapped over in the one and only rainstorm we had in August but I was able to tie them up and they seem ok now. I don't know what made me deserve this, but I'll take whatever I can get! Maybe there was some extra time release fertilizer or stray waterings but for the most part I just got lucky... |
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a N CT (My Page) on Wed, Sep 18, 13 at 19:28
| Gorgeous! I tried growing delphs--grew them from seed via winter sowing--but after a couple of years decided it wasn't meant to be. I'm happy with my stokesia, balloon flowers & campanula. |
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| That's a real purdy one and a nice 2nd bloom. I only had a meager rebloom on mine. Of course I didn't stake them and the wind immediately broke them off. Did I every mention my grandmothers really, really old clumps of Delphiniums? (sorry, couldn't resist) Kevin |
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| Beautiful! How much sun does that area get? I'm wondering because I think of delphiniums as needing full sun and I see hakonechloa there...and is that an epimedium? |
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- Posted by SunnyBorders 5A (My Page) on Thu, Sep 19, 13 at 10:06
| Lovely, Kato. Planted four larkspur, Delphinium elatum (Guardian series) this spring and deadheaded them after initial bloom. They did all rebloom. |
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| Thanks! The area is bright but only gets morning sun. There's the shade of a dogwood from mid morning on and then the shadow of the house in the afternoon.... Not much direct sun but not really full shade. Hostas do well there as well as the hakonechloa grass.... Plus a seedling dogwood (might be what looks like an epimedium) that will probably stay even though it's completely the wrong spot. The delphiniums in more sun are looking more tattered even though they're also blooming.... Nothing impressive but you know how it is when you insist on growing a plant that really doesn't like your garden! |
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| Just beautiful! Can`t grow them here in my KY. garden. Tried and failed several times. They are so beautiful. Lesley |
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| Really lovely, Kato. Your delphinium, whatever type it is, really looks happy there. These are one of my favorite flowers but I've never been too successful with them--- more like annuals for me. Expensive annuals. :( |
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