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As you already mentioned - you probably bought it for some fungal problem. Sulfur is one of the oldest treatments for all sorts of fungal issues - powdery mildew, black spot etc.
I've used it for treating nicks and cuts in various tubers and bulbs just to prevent any fungal issues from arising.
Kevin
sukie...
you need to start your own post...
and list the plants you are talking about ...
if you want some precise answers ...
in my experience.. flopping plants is due to over fertilization ... and i would discuss that in your new post ...
ken
ps: june or july is WAY TOO LATE .... it would be now or april ... before new spring growth starts ....
mxk3 - I really like Daphne x transatlantica 'Summer Ice.'
It's perhaps 6 years old, spent its first winter in the small nursery pot it arrived in because its spot-to-be had some construction going on nearby, has survived munching by voles at least one other winter, and even so is a beautiful though quiet presence here every year for the whole growing season, though a bit homely by the end of winter. With the exception of the witch hazels, it is the first shrub to bloom in my garden and is also the last and blooms the entire time in between, though never profusely. Between the narrowly variegated leaves and the constant bloom it is quite lovely, though not a shrub that announces its presence from a distance like Carol M. Mine (bought online from Avant Gardens in MA) is planted in a mostly shaded bed that has perhaps 3 hours of sun near midday and is composed of well composed manure over fine sand and mulched with wood shavings.
In my experience this is an easy plant that is well worth growing.
Here is a link that might be useful: Daphne x transatlantica 'Summer Ice'
Oh no, it was definitely the daphne I admired - I didn't know what it was so I asked about it and you told me so (whether you told me the cultivar I don't remember, just that it was a daphne).
I looked at Arrowhead's catalog - couple variegated ones there. I'll take a trip out there next spring.
I bought in spring 2012 a Caryopteris Little Miss Sunshine, and it did winter over just fine and really looked nice this year until Storm Atlas flattened it out. Very nice color for fall. It starts out very yellow in the spring, but gets a bit greener as the year wears on. The blue flowers are very nice.
The only variegated lavender cultivar that popped up on Google was 'Goldberg.' The link below gives some details but doesn't identify a hardiness zone.
I didn't have much success growing lavender in my garden even though I grew several cultivars from seed via winter sowing. A few plants came back the first couple of years but eventually they all disappeared. I'm more of a 'plant it & forget it' type of gardener--if it doesn't thrive on neglect, it doesn't belong in my garden.
Good luck identifying & growing your mystery lavender!
Here is a link that might be useful: Variegated lavender 'Goldberg'
I have a Lavandula x intermedia 'Goldburg' a couple of years ago. It didn't survive the first winter. My experience so far is all Lavandula x intermedia are not hardy to my area. However, this one is so ornamental that I will try it again and again if I can find it again.
I have a Lavandula angustifolia 'Silver Edge' that is hardy to my area but not nearly as showy as 'Goldburg'.
Well I'm the opposite. I can't get rid of anything or throw any plant out, ( well maybe mint plant? anyone want some mind plant?????) I have so many iris that need dividing, and I just can't throw any out, even the babies. Major problem...........running out of room everywhere to plant stuff. Wish I could be so brutal as you. Can't even throw out the seedpods from the perennials I cut down! I think I have a real problem...................
Well, we are going to put in a 3' wide flagstone paver path down through a perennial garden in the spring so LOTS of stuff will have to be shoveled. I look forward to it and the new look that will be given to the garden.
Next will be a flagstone path down the hill right through the middle of another huge overgrown garden. Well, we are the top of the food chain, after all. (or are we?)
I have Tiarella rosalie cordifolia planted by my pond. Well thats what the labels say but the blooms are white on it. Anyway I also have Arum Italicum bulbs planted underneath and the arum is beautiful in the spring but after the leaves die back I don't have bare soil, the Tiarella starts blooming.
Actually most people think that the Tiarella and the orange seed heads from the Arum are the same plant.
Thanks so much --- will put it on my spring calendar to pinch until July 1st. I have about 30 of the plants so I never noticed whether or not they were full. They form a tall hedge around the patio. The beetles especially like the white blooms. Even years when the bugs weren't so bad, I never got to enjoy my white ones.
I am lucky not to have much of a problem with JBs - I got rid of my Blanc Double de Coubert white rose because they really were drawn to that! (I read somewhere that they have a preference for white flowers and it seemed to be true). Robins in spring love to eat the grubs (as do skunks!). When we were digging out dead grass the spring we got rid of the rose, the robins lined up on the electrical wires and the top of the abour waiting for us to put out the grubs for them to eat! It got so that whenever they saw us appear they'd head for 'the feeding station' and yammer at us to hurry :-)
Different hibiscus varieties have different flower times so you might want to try different varieties. Here, Disco Belle and Lord Baltimore are the earliest - late June/early July. My dark pink 'the child' Disco Belle seedling started blooming much later (end of July) and continued to the end of October. Fireball' doesn't start until August. I don't pinch any of them but pinching should help you. But be on the look-out for later blooming varieties too.
Bad bad Kevin. Now I know where all of these beasties came from!!!!! This was the worst ever summer for the Japanese beetles. They came in droves and must have emailed their friends still buried underground because more and more kept emerging. Usually they are here for 6-8 weeks. We still had them the middle of October (not as many and the damage was already done.)
They are the reason I have never tried to grow roses. They completely took away my love for perennial hibiscus and I was even thinking of pulling them all out a few months ago. SO FRUSTRATING. But I didn't because that would be admitting defeat. THIS IS WAR.
And we think we are at the top of the food chain.
My rhubarb is a division from our former neighbor and landlord at a previous home. It is far less tart and so needs much less sugar than many types, but I don't know what variety it is. I usually make strawberry rhubarb pie or sometimes crisp which is the same as the pie, but without a bottom crust and in a larger dish.
I haven't found that the leaves look unattractive until they die in the fall when it gets below freezing, at which point they go into the compost heap along with a bunch of other stuff.
Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie
In a small bowl mix:
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
(depending on the size of the pie, this will not all be used.)
In the bottom of a 9â deep dish pie crust sprinkle:
1/2 Tbsp uncooked tapioca
Layer in alternating layers:
sliced rhubarb
strawberry slices
Every two layers lightly sprinkle fruit with the cinnamon-sugar-flour mixture.
Repeat until pie is about full.
Topping:
In another dish mix:
1/4 cup each butter and safflower oil
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1 cup quick cook (not instant) oatmeal
1/2 tsp cinnamon
a teaspoon or so of water
This will cover two pies when spread thinly over the top.
We grow rhubarb in our backyard and one of the best recipes that I enjoy is rhubarb cobbler made from rhubarb picked fresh from the garden. It is soooo good. I'm going to check out the recipes posted for rhubarb pie as well since my DH loves rhubarb.
I grew white fireweed for many years in a fairly shaded bed next to my compost. It was quite well behaved there, and only ran a bit. Eventually I lost it, likely because of being too shaded. Someday I would like to get another one, if I can find a nursery in Canada that has either seeds or plants.
Thanks everyone, especially campanula, I think the climate is somewhat similar.
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so, yes I ordered my stuff, the Epilobium, 2 Phlox amplifolium and a number of hardy Geranium as edging plants.
So, next season, 2014, everything will be much better, won`t it....
looking forward to it, have a nice weekend,
bye, Lin
My 'Ozawa' are still in full bloom now (Oct.30) which I think is pretty terrific in my zone. Chrysanthemum Hillside/Sheffield, a single apricot pink, is still looking great as well. Physostegia 'Vivid' is just past its best, but continues to exhibit lots of bright purple-pink colour.
Thx, everyone. I always seem to have cuts or something, so I need to admire from a distance. I love the color, though!