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Thanks, wellspring! I will definitely contact them. I just found out about a local lavender farm ( http://www.thelavenderfarminlincoln.com/ ) and plan to call them as well. I will post any info related to the topic. Thanks for everyone's input. I really appreciate it. Marlene
Hi there Tina!
There is actually already a forum specifically designated for plant trading on GW. The Perennial forum mainly used for the discussion of perennials, so you may get more responses/trade requests posting this over on the Plant Exchange forum (link below).
Happy Trading ;-)
CMK
Here is a link that might be useful: Plant Exchange fourm on GW
w/o knowing what plants you are talking about.. its kinda hard to offer you any precise comments ...
but let me put it to you this way ... the only plants that should be active.. are those that live in the temp interface we are dealing with ... and they should be able to handle it on there own ...
e.g. some of my spring bulbs are a bit taller than usual ... but they should be able to handle it.. since they bloom near the end of winter any way .. its not all that much out of the norm ..
whereas.. if a tulip is 2 months early ... and BLOOMING.. that flower isnt going to appreciate it all ... but i doubt it will have any impact on the greenery ...
in the millions of years of evolution of any given plant.. one mild winter.. is not going to kill them off ... but it may impact the show they give this summer .. buds might be killed ... but that should not make them terminal ...
if it makes you happy.. protect them.. but on my 5 acres.. there is nothing i can do.. but complain all summer about whatever happened ...
make sense??
and this all presumes no other variables .. like hyper-fertilization late in fall ... which might cause secondary problems ..
ken
Things always pop up when its mild. I've got sprouts starting on the usual suspects, like daffodils, but barely above the ground, maybe half an inch.
If extreme cold snaps threaten, and something looks vulnerable, I generally try to find some light, fluffy oak leaves and toss them over it. That works.
The only thing I have that is really out of whack is my Helleborus orientalis. The dumb thing started blooming in November, and is now in full bloom. I've been covering it with a heavy cardboard box when the coldest nights have struck. So far so good.
I have done this with all the online nurseries that I have used.....
Put your order together...call them and ask if you place an order what discount will they offer you today? I have gotten a bigger discount and/or free plants.
It never hurts to ask all they can say is NO or you might get a deal.
I have had Summertime Blues for the past two summers. I like it and it blooms well all summer even in a shady aspect. It does have a tendency to droop but appropriate trimming usually solves this problem.
(I planted Cosmic Evolution late this past fall so I have my fingers crossed that it will make it through the winter.)
I have seen people that have perfect gardens and I wished I had the time.
===>>> boy you have this one backwards..
the perfect garden is the one that brings you pleasure at the level you wish to invest ....
it should not really be about making something look like someone elses ..
its about being happy with what you can do ... w/in your capabilities.. and i think that is where OP is trying to go on some level ...
thats what i was trying to say with the 1/2 acre i simply do not mow ... that was so foreign to me when i first did it.. but the result fit in well with my inability to develop that area to someone elses expectations ...
ken
No, No ken....it was not that I wanted their garden. When I said perfect is was what I would like to do with the plants that I like.
True the perfect garden is what brings you pleasure....but when you cannot give it the level you wish but the level you have time to invest is another story.
It is not about 'copy what someone has' but a style of garden that you would like....
Some people do not have the luxury of devoting the level of time they wish to a garden. If somebody else would pay these pesky bills for me I could stop wishing. lol
I can grow meconopsis, but I wouldn't say I've grown nomocharis well. I've grown it to blooming, but drainage is critical and my winters are wet for its needs - I'm told it does better with cold dry winter conditions. Still, I would like to have tried more, but my one bulb/plant did not set seed to play with the year it did flower.
I do remember instructions when I bought the potted bulb to transplant into the garden with extreme care - they don't like disturbance, not even from nursery pots into the ground.
I'd be inclined agree. Walker's Low Catmint. Here's a link to my pics within a post I responded to last year. (Sorry they are so gigantic. Was still learning how to post pics back then.) But maybe that will help you identify yours better.
There are three.....bloomed, the 'dead' bottom part, and then before it bloomed. The first one isn't fully bloomed. It flowered MUCH more....and stayed that way long into fall.
Only difference I see is that yours grows upright and mine splays out. But that may be because of type of sunlight. I get early AM sunrise and it crawls across in front of plant until it disappears to the other side around 2 or 3 PM behind a house. It's facing E/SE. Hope this helps.
BTW, yours are beautiful !!
Bonnie
Here is a link that might be useful: Walker's Low Catmint
Notice the post by Dee above and her link. It will get you to a thread written in July or August of last year. That's when Bluestone Perennials first made the big change in their business. It's a shame about all this. I used them almost exclusively when I started my perennial garden in this house, but now it's time for a change. I just can't afford Bluestone anymore.
Try Dee's link to the July/August thread about Bluestone's business change. Lots of upset gardeners posted there.
Hi,
I received a back order from Bluestone in the fall last year which was in one of there new pots, the bad news is it could not retain moisture and arrived so dry and crispy it was ridiculous. I did consider the fact that the temps were warmer in the fall than in spring but I still believe it would have done so much better in plastic.
Wendey
mosswitch wrote:
Full sun can mean about 5 hours of sun a day, not necessarily full hot all day sun.
For me and my property where sun is in short supply many of my perennials that are listed as FULL SUN (i.e. greater than or equal to 6 hours) generally do fine with 4 hours of morning sun (say 9 till 1).
Love the flip-flops line!
I remember well when DS said "Greasy stripes!" and DD said "You're exturbing me!"
Today I'm working on a poster for a competition in Haiti. 10 or so schools are involved.(due today...)Fortunately I have a friend (in Berlin!) who knows what she's doing and helps when she is able.
Later!