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- From: Melanie <melaniev@optonline.net>
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- Subject: [gwl-g] Is it fate? Lots of questions
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 09:05:07 -0400
Is it fate that right after you rave about a plant
it then ups and dies in your garden?
Here I've been raving about Oenothera "Cold Crick"
for two years now and this year 2 of my 4 plants died and the other two look
like crapola.
Added three new Echinaceas to the garden yesterday.
Echinacea "Art's Pride", Echinacea "Rubinstern" (which has dark purple
stems!) and Echinacea "Sunrise".
Should have gotten Echinacea "Mango Meadowbright"
when I saw it back in March, I haven't seen it again.
Would love to hear your results on some of the new
Coreopsis out there. After getting burned with "Limerock Ruby" I'm not investing
any money until I hear some rave reviews.
The Phlox paniculatas in my garden have seeded
about. The seedlings have the exact same foliage colors as their parents. For
instance "Starfire" has purple markings on the uppermost leaves and so do the
seedlings. Most books say to ditch any seedlings as they will not be as good as
the parents. In truth aren't they just different than the parent plant and not
necessarily better or worse? Isn't that what hybridizing is all
about?
Final question for now, my Ligularia "Britt Marie
Crawford" has seedlings. Anybody have experience with those? How long do they
take to mature and how true are they to their parent plant?
Melanie Vassallo
Long Island NY zone 6b
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- [gwl-g] Is it fate? Lots of questions, Melanie, 05/27/2005
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