Beginner Gardening: DJ"S SHARING GARDEN DESIGNS "WHAT TO GROW WHERE ???, 1 by warriorswisdomkathy

warriorswisdomkathy wrote:
Pam..that's great, I'd love some, thanks for the offer...lol. and BTW, you might want to get that Cephalaria moved as early as you can in the spring, it will fill out over the winter (at the roots), I'm thinking you might be surprised, they can get atleast 48" at the base.

Susie...
The Aster LIB will probably get taller than you think, have seen them at 48", just to let ya know
Red coneflowers, may not come true from seed unless doing the origional X, have read the new var. are now sterile.
Red lychnis, are you talking Maltese Cross? If so they are more of a deep orange.
Eupatorium, haven't grown that one yet
Nic.
Digitalis
Heleniums (Not yet)
Showy milkweed, That's asclepias, which one do you know? Have grown A.incarnata Ice Ballet, don't reseed insitu, grown inside under lights to start here
Viscaria have some in my stash for spring too
Beardtoungue is Penstemon, not sure on calico tho., I'm thinking you got the Rocky Mountain Blue from me (lol), and it can seed in the garden, jusy not sure how reliable it is as it was just seed drop around mother plants, but origional was started in and very easy, firecracker if I remember is orange on long thin wands, should probably reseed also just haven't grown, but those that I've seen at the botanic gardens here are a mass of bloom.
Red Robinson Daisy, is that Pyrethrum, if so had years ago, gets 12-18", but only an e. summer bloomer, never reseeded for me out.
Haven't done the swamp marigold yet and can't think of botanical at moment
Downy skullcap same as above
Have done Silene before but can't remember anything about it, it's been 20 years, lol
Indigo is Baptisia, will bloom second year from seed and can become almost like a shrub, very busy, blom Juneish, if you let them go to seed in the garden, the pods turn black toward the end of the season, (some people like that), never had them reseed. Started mine in.
Figwort and Marjorum never done
And that last Penstemon, I've been reading up on it and it needs stratification to break dormancy, let me know if it doesn't work, maybe I could get a baby off mama.....

And the driveway is on one of the long sides of the garden? If so, do you have a problem with moving tall things to the back then?

Ammi visagna is related to Daucus carota, D.c. (mine is the tall version (5-7ft) of what most have along their ditches (18-24") is biennial, A.v. is an annual (I've had light reseeding and get to 48", great cut flower and light fragrance ) The ditch grower am not sure which it is a perenn or reseeding annual or maybe even a b. Also in my stash, which I need to start again is Daucus c. ruber,, a pink Queen Annne's Lace at about 24-30" and is biennial, and VERY rare. The other in the group is Ammi majus 'Graceland', at 48-56" annual similar to A. v., can't remember which one has more of a green cast to the white flowers. Have fresh seed this year for A.m 'Graceland' and will comparring it to my plants last year (if they reseed for me) so I can determine which is which, as both have similar flowers but just a bit different if appearance and height.

Pix 1: Daucus carota, 5-7foot, June, b.
Pix 2: D.c. close up
Pix 3: Ammi am hoping it's visagna , couldn't tell last summer it only got to 12" cuz of our drought, seed started late and didn''t get past 12", reseeded in from the previous summer, and I forgot to put on the bag as to which it was whem I collected it from the garden, v. or m. (naughty me!!!) I will say that the Ammi is now widely used in the floral industry as filler in many bouquets for that country effect that people love soo much, also lightly fragrant, Select Seeds describes as being night fragrant, and have seen where it's been dyed various colors. (Dye in a glass of water, will change the flower color).. Ok...lo, is that too much info...lol.


This message was edited Dec 27, 2012 9:11 PM