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You might try scarlet Kale or red lettuce, or garnet amaranth (that one might be too tall).
There is also purple emperor sedum.
There are also some nice red or black Euphorbia's- but I can't keep them alive in my 5b garden over winter- so I can't really recommend those.
I did not order from them this year but last year I ordered a couple of times. I have to agree with you, it is a good company. We have so few these days. They are reasonably priced and good size plants and quality. I will put together a order we need to support the good companies.
I have dealt with one online nursery that everyone raves about and I have not received many plants that survive from this company and cannot understand why everyone is raving about the company. Especially since their prices are so high.
I have ordered from them probably a dozen times and am very very happy. I got my 'Piglet' from them too. I have only had one plant that was on clearance need a credit.
The other place with a color in the name, I won't be buying from again after last year's problems and the raised prices.
I agree completely with mistascott and have a funny story to share.
A few years ago after my DH retired, he decided that he wanted a more open garden look with lots of mulch between individual plants so they would "show better" and because liked the look of dark earth between plants. I thought he was nuts but because he said he'd weed while I was at work I gave in to his whim. We removed and gave away many of the spreading, filler plants in our long 60 ft garden. And he did do all of the weeding --- ALL OF THE TIME --- for two seasons.
Well, you can guess the rest. He had aches and pains all of the time. He complained about the "weed farm" in our neighbor's yard. And although our town offered free mulch, he got tired of filling up our truck and spreading this free mulch in the garden. Plus, he began to realize how much our neighbor's weeds loved our nicely mulched areas. Last fall he conceded defeat. We did some winter sowing.
Molie
crikey ..
you have an expert who uses it..
WHY DIDNT YOU HAVE HIM APPLY IT ...
what???? .. dissin' dad.. in favor of us ...
i found. long ago.. just to have dad around. i let him do anything he wanted in my garden ... and we learned a lot of things... and i didnt bother checking if it was OK with the neighbors...
call him up.. and ASK HIM ... and then ask him if he will do it .. he's reaching out ot you .. use him .. relish the time.. its precious.. and gone before you know it ... [worse than kids.. lol]
ken
Thank you all so very much. It has been a while since I visited here, but the weather has finally reminded me that I am behind the eight ball. I went to Costco yesterday and came back with Aubrieta. There are three nice size pots in their holder. What do you recommend I do with these? I will be researching as well, but value your first hand experienced opinions.
i would recommend that you start a new post.. with the name of the plant in the title ... many peeps do not return to the same old post .. over and over..
AND ... the title will be searchable for the next person who wants to know about this specific plant ...
good luck
come back more frequently ... lol
ken
ps: if you cold add a big city name where it says 6 next to your name.. it might matter with some plants ....
In general, no. I am running a garden here, not a plant hospital. :)
However, I will admit that I have picked up a few forlorn plantlets from the bargain rack at the local big box store, but only (formerly) expensive plants that have only cosmetic issues.
To further elaborate on Purpleinopp's elaboration, a lot of the more common garden plants that often require a lot of water are actually native to eastern North America. Things like Phlox paniculata, which is the first thing in my garden to wilt. So usually when people are talking about the drought tolerance of 'natives', they are really talking about the drought tolerance of natives from considerably further west than I've ever lived, and a drastically different ecosystem. To the point that it is fairly common around here for these plants to be poorly adapted to our wetter years.
Which St John's Wort did you plant? There are a lot of Hypericums from tiny alpines to large shrubs. It would help to know which one we are discussing. If it is H calycinum it needs no fertilizing and probably no water, especially in the winter. Got a picture if you don't know the name?
Ken's got a good point about not compacting the soil in your garden beds. I normally don't even consider doing anything more than pull weeds & cut back ornamental grasses this time of year and always do so from the paths/lawn that edge or surround my beds.
stepping tones in a border help limiting the damage plus you dont accidentally kill some sprouting thing.
Do you have heavy, loamy soil? If heavy soil is too wet, it doesn`t crumble when you turn it with a spade but is rather putty-like. That`s bad and you should wait.
and out of curiosity, where do you want to dig? In a perennial border it is not necessary and rather disturbs the plants.
bye, Lin
Watering once per week would generally be sufficient for an established perennial - but for a new transplant I would water more frequently than that, perhaps every 2-3 days if it doesn't rain, depending on the size. The smaller they are, the more frequently they need water. I water seedlings daily if it doesn't rain.
I also remove the coir planters, but I'm not sure if they hinder root growth or not.
Thanks for the help. I'll dig up and remove the coco fiber pot tomorrow. I've been watering twice a week, at a half inch each time.