Tropicals & Tender Perennials: every where I went today I saw my old friend FROSTY!!!, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
Gloria you should try one. I love them for when everything is winding down in the yard and trees that have bloomed all summer are looking tired, these come into their own and you do not notice the fading ones. Just do your homework and pick one that fits the place you are planting it. This one is so huge, it looks weird in my front garden.

I agree Minigrannie, mine is amazing if I do not say so myself. My flower heads are huge. Some are 2 feet long and 1 1/2 ft wide! I have 2 of these planted in the front. One is a standard and one a bush. I got them different years at differnt stores and both get the huge flower heads, so it is not a fluke. I think it is because I prune them severly in October. I cut the bush by 2/3s every year. If I didn't it would take over the yard. I bought the wrong size for the garden. I didn't realize they come in all sizes. I know you are not supposed to prune them (they call it crape murder), but I do every year and mine looks better than all that I see that have been allowed to grow unpruned. I notice that their flower heads keep getting smaller and smaller.

Gee Donna, you must have been the catlady! My DH said no more at #4. But mine are all adopted ones from either broken homes or unwed teenage mothers.