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Sorry to hear about your black eyed susans. I'm not sure which species you're talking about. I usually think of BES as Rudbeckia hirta, aka Gloriosa Daisy and other names I'm sure, which is a short-lived perennial. The longest I've had them live was 3 years, but often they don't make it over the winter.
Rudbeckia fulgida is more perennial, also known as BES. But not very drought-tolerant in my garden and I've lost clumps of this due to drought. They were planted in the xeric garden and didn't seem well adapted to it. Also, I lost a couple to voles during the winter of 2010-11.
If you want a plant this year I'd go for the plant. Perennial seeds usually take until the next year to bloom unless you start them super early.
Here's a suggestion--Get the seed and grow it in a small nursery bed and plant them out next spring and grow some annual rudbeckia (gloriosa Daisy)in your flower bed Some have flowers and height similar to brown eyed susans.
Spring is the best time to transplant perennials. If they don't get their roots settled in before the ground is frozen you run the risk of them not making it. In spring when they show 3 or 4 inches of growth is the time to transplant
Hi ! I haven't had time to read all the past posts, but I did see where Eileen and Bab are asking about me. I have had the computer off for the most part yesterday and today.
Tim and the girls came yesterday afternoon and will be in the vicinity until Friday. They have gone swimming in the nearby river this afternoon.
Also, I made the range trade, and have waited for the delivery of the new one today. I kept the computer off in case the delivery man needed to call. It was delivered this afternoon, after the kids left to go swimming.
It is much more simple, as I wanted. As the deliveryman said, it doesn't have all the "bells and whistles" to go haywire. I will be content with it...regardless.
Earlier today a friend from town brought me a secondhand computer ( a Dell ), and a monitor. Tim isn't too happy with them ( naturally we thanked her profusely) , but he would much rather I get a new one, and a larger monitor, (this one is smaller than my old one). I don't know if he will be willing to install them.
She also brought us a new window air conditioner! I don't think it is big enough to do us much good...but what can you say? Her heart certainly was right!
Ennyhoo, we are fine.
I haven't heard from the relatives again, and hope to call my sister in the morning after the company goes to town to visit friends. I presume no news is good news.
TTYAL
Marian
Hi, I am in Nothern Vermont zone 4. Have zone 5 plants that do well here. Love the CI. New Dawn (Weeks roses)a climbing rose...18' to 20'. Will it grow here in zone 4? Have a very hard time with roses. Last year bought a "on its own root" bush that is doing very well. But the "grown on its own roots" are limited. any suggestions will be great.
Thanks
gigi
Should have come to the Connecticut Plant Swap last Sunday. . .I could have
brought you plenty! Their swap is open to anyone, so crossing the state
line would be legit. . .check them out on NE Gardening Forum.
Monarda 'Raspberry Wine' is pretty easy to find. . .online, I know that it's
available at Bluestone Perennials, Lazy S'S Farm Nursery, Digging Dog Nursery, Niche Gardens and Well-Sweep Herb Farm, to name just a few. Well-Sweep is a great place to visit in Northwestern New Jersey, and an easy day trip from the Hudson Valley.
Depending on where you are located along the Hudson, I know that
Rosedale Nurseries on 9-A in Hawthorne, NY, carries it, too. . .I was just
there last weekend and they have the bulk of their perennials out already,
but it's always wise to call first if you're making a special trip.
Carl
At least in my area, this plant is impossible to get rid of. It is a "short-lived" perennial that reseeds like crazy AND spreads from underground nodes on the roots. Supposedly only 10% of the seeds germinate, but that means about 3000 germinating seeds/plant!
when the pod is ripe.. the magical top will pop open to release the seeds ...
to INSURE the seed is ripe.. you should wait until this sign tells you they are ripe..
at that time either spread them around.. or dump them into an envelope and store appropriately ...
if you had started your own post.. this reply could have come to your email.. rather than the long lost posters email ...
NOT all poppy will reseed freely.. so starting with an ID would be a good way to start ... obviously yours is perennial ...
apparently you are real good at deadheading .. lol ... seed collecting would be the polar opposite of cutting all the flower scapes off as soon as flowers fade
ken
Does this place check their Hostas for Hosta Virus X? If they don't, then that might be why the people on the hosta forum don't use them. HVX can totally devastate your hosta garden so it's very important to avoid sources that might have sick plants.
Santa Rosa gardens was mentioned here favorably several times lately (and not just by me) and hostas are perennials.
==>> sounding a little defensive here. ..
i just meant to suggest that if you were ENABLING PEEPS.. no one better than the hostaholics ...
otherwise.. post wherever it makes your little heart happy ... as i dont care ..
ken
miclino wrote:
You might be thinking that it blooms all season? It doesn't, it only blooms in the spring.
As I had posted in another thread in this PERENNIALS forum. there is a 'new and improved' Candytuft called Masterpiece that is intended to bloom for a much longer time (all summer?)
And I quote from a website:
Just introduced to North America in 2012, we've trialed this plant in our garden for several years now. Forget the usual small flowered Candytufts, Masterpiece blows them out of the water! Unlike others, this variety blooms from spring through autumn. Not only that, but the flowers are enormous, huge flat clusters of pure white 7cm (3 inch) flowers with a lightly pink centre. Foliage is evergreen and bushy. Attractive to butterflies, drought tolerant and deer resistant. Prefers well drained soil in sun or part shade. This perennial may be hardier than the Zone 6 we are rating it, and it also happily reseeds itself. Great in gardens or containers.
This past October a neighbor gave me a catnip plant and I overwintered in my garage. I hadn't gotten around to planting it in the ground at that time. It did just fine, and this past March I put it outside on my deck. Then my two cats discovered it and wouldn't leave it alone. So, I stuck some plant stakes in the pot and wrapped flexible window screen around it to protect it. First, I cut off some of the leaves to give to the cats before I had covered the plant. :>)
It's been growing like crazy and getting tall! I didn't want to keep it wrapped up like a mummy, so I decided to cut it back some and transplant it into a hanging basket. It's just off my back deck, hanging from a bracket near my back door and placed pretty high and far enough away that the cats can't reach it at all. So far so good. As it continues to grow I'll keep cutting it back to keep it more compact. I'll probably be cutting off future flowers :>( but at least I can keep the plant and I'll bring it back into the garage again in the Fall.
I'm also thinking of taking a healthy clump with roots and planting it somewhere in the corner of the backyard. I could cover it with window screening (as I had done previously) to give it a chance to become established. Maybe it will even get a chance to flower! Then hopefully it will spread and the cats can have a ball!
I've been growing catnip for years for the cats. Also the bees and butterflies are attracted to the flowers. It grows like a biennial for me - makes a small clump of foliage the first year, flowers the 2nd year, and then declines.
It reseeds lightly for me, but nothing crazy. There are always new seedlings that pop up here and there every year. I pull what I don't want and either leave or transplant a couple to an out of the way spot for the cats to enjoy. "Cats" would be my cat, and Tuffy, the neighbor's big fuzzy yellow male, who is kind of tough looking, and who wanders through the yard from time to time.
To prevent cats from rolling around on the plants and smushing them while they're small, I have put a small amount of wire fencing around the plant, and as it gets larger it grows through the fencing, and then the cats can chew on it.
Thanks for all the great suggestions!!! I didn't think I'd have this many choices, so I'll put in a mix of plants with clusters of taller varieties surrounded by lower ones.
I hadn't thought about them spreading under the fence, but that could actually be a happy accident since I'm going for a lush cottage garden look (though it's going to take a few years to actually get there). There are deep flower beds on the inside of the fence, but since it's 4-5 feet tall, its shadier than the sidewalk side.
What, if any, affect will this product have on pollinators or others who gather pollen and/or nectar? What about birds and other animals who feed on any seeds or fruit from treated plants?
My understanding is that is it a capsicum* product. Chipmunks and squirrels may be the only animals commonly affected by trying to eat fruit from the plants, and I expect most people here would consider that to be a good thing.
*hot pepper extract - harmless to birds and insects, spicy hot to mammals. So the question would be whether the fruit is feeding any non-nuisance mammals.