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For anyone thats interested I have an up date on Montrose White. All three plants came thru winter fine all thou the raccoons tore one too shreds while gobbling worms. I think my soil is too rich to successfully grow mw or it just doesn't grow as advertised. That said one is 3x31/2 it flopped open and continues to grow happily. The other I cut back to 1x1 after it flopped open. Neither has started blooming yet. MW has beautiful foliage and nice branching. Will keep it just for that reason and what will be late season bloom for me. Long term survivability in rich soil is questionable at best. I think this plant would be super in a garden spot that not so well amended.
OK - if you Google the name John Warren you will find information on that specific cultivar of Clematis. It is in pruning Group 2 which means it may bloom again this year although perhaps not as it is very young. There is detailed information on pruning it at the link.
Here is a link that might be useful: Pruning group 2 Clematis
karin....
you can NOT reply to an email from GW ...
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i will be looking for the new wall post ....
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There are some reblooming irises, although I don't know exactly when they rebloom. I have a NOID dwarf purple that actually has rebloomed in November for me. It was sold as Royal Knight but I think it was mislabeled. Anyway, not sure if in general reblooming irises rebloom in fall or just later in summer.
Maybe they should concentrate on planting spring-bloomers and fall-bloomers?
Wow, they are lucky. Although I would miss my garden being away that long, lol - perhaps the ideal situation would be to have the whole summer off, but be able to spend a lot of it at home in the garden!
Dee
Zinnia or echinacea ... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm no comparison . The great thing about ech. for me is not only the bloom , but the foliage as well . I mean seeing the foliage growing next to poppies or flax or lupines = ~swooooon ~
Gumneck : that last picture , with the monarda AWESOME :)
Coolplants your plant looks quite vigorous, and it's a pretty color, but I'm not really crazy about double pom pom type flowers either. They look a little too poofy, and also the pollen and nectar in the flower don't seem to be as accessible to the pollinators. Right now the bees are very busy and happy to have lots of coneflower blooming in the gardens.
Gumneck your plant this year looks like it might have mites in a couple flowers, maybe that's why it's not as pretty.
Sammy - don't you mean Helenium not Monarda?
I have planted soapwort as an edging plant in my herb garden, and I do deadhead it. I can easily lift it up and weed out any seeedlings I don't want. If I had a rock garden I think I wouldn't include it, as those rocks that are so pretty would make it harder to weed it out where I didn't want it. I think if I were planting it in an easily weeded place it would be okay, but you will have to decide for yourself.
Yes, rouge, it's always fun to plant-shop and find new 'stuff' that fits the spot :-)
'under the pines' sounds a bit grander that it actually is - there is not a pine forest on our little 1/4 acre! There are just 2 white pines in our backyard, one each on the neighbour to the north's property and one of the two neighbours' properties that back onto our lot. The other neighbour behind us (the one with the metal shed and the two little dogs you can see in one of the earlier pictures) has several rather ratty old spruces. Together all that creates the 'under the pines' environment. The pines have thinned out quite a bit in the last two years - there were a lot of dead pines around this sping! Summer droughts and a couple of almost-snowless winters have taken a big toll on them. Looking out from the living room window just now, this is 'the pines':
The path with the golden planting is the left side of the short loop that runs from the silver area a bit to the right of the shed to the center path that comes out at the north edge of the lawn. You can see both the begining and end of the path in this picture:
Using our green shed to orient yourself, you can see all our garden's backyard paths and beds in this drawing and should be able to figure out where the golden one is:
So, while I'd love to have a real forest to play with, I have to make do with our miniature 'woodland' and try to make it look much more than it is! :-)
I've grown them from seed. If you start them early enough --like in January they will bloom the first year. I never tried fall sowing so I couldn't tell you how they'd do. However why wait until next year. I'd buy a couple of plants now when they are likely to be on sale. That way you'll have bigger plants next year. Clips comes in white too but it's not as hardy as the blue
Thanks! It's good to know that the white isn't as hardy.
I'll keep an eye out in the big box stores, the main garden centers in my area don't have that great of a selection. I have a couple boutique garden places near me that have way better selection, but their plants are like $20+ each, so I try to avoid them for the most part.
Thanks for the information, GreatPlains1. The best discription I have read about lantanas and their hardiness is, "wait and see." :-) lol
But I am seriously doubting my Dallas Reds will come back. Here it is July 11, and the stems on my D. Reds haven't hardened off yet. The Confettis' stems have hardened off somewhat, so they may or may not return. I guess I'll just have to "wait and see."
Pruning should be done in late winter/early spring, just as the new growth buds are beginning to form. In my area, that's around the first of March. However, there is not an issue of pruning now if the plants are ailing or the need arises. That will not necessarily reduce the need to prune again in spring......depends on how much new growth is generated this season after pruning.
Given how popular RC is on here, we'll have to place boday in the quarantine section of GW
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You people are covered - I did the pentagram, cast out nines and there were enough curses flying around to exorcise any demons.
But this is, very bad, obviously it overwintered - a lot of time and money went into this, all for naught. I'm scrambling around trying to patch holes. Definitely not gruntled.
It's sickening to see your plants go down like that They can go into remission during high heat. But as far as I can tell AY will eventually kill the plant. I'm sorry about your veronica. In case some may not know, watch your phlox, campanula, gladiolas ect. Thats what scared me about veronica Blue Bomb, the flowers looked like a witches broom. Another symptom of asters yellow. Sure hope it wasn't.
I agree with Susan. The hardy kiwis are grape-sized and unlike the fuzzy tropical ones, have smooth skin. Since the vines are either female or male, your must have both to have fruit.
That's it! Thanks so much.