I joined a Garden Club this evening......

I joined a local garden Club this evening, there was a real good speaker there from the 'Garden Gate' magazine. She gave us a mag on new plants in 2004, I'll share some of what I saw tomorrow when I have more time to go through my notes.

I'm looking forward to some road trips with fellow gardeners.

Jill

This message was edited Jan 19, 2005 4:51 AM

Ok - I could'nt sleep, so here are a few newely introduced plants that the speaker was excited about (some of you may already have them) I wish I had pics to show you, but I dont own a scanner.

Disney Land rose floribinda- Rosa 'New Generation'
Day breaker rose floribunda - Rosa 'FRYcentury'
Hollyhock 'Queeny Purple' -- blooms the 1st tear from seed, may need stalking
Coneflower ' Orange meadowbrite' 'Echinacea Arts pride'
Blanket Flower 'Fanfare'
Hibiscus Luna red 'Hibiscus moscheutos' -- blooms 1st year from seed, gets 3 to 4 foot tall
Gloriosa Daisy 'Prairie Sun' -- Rudbeckia hirta

Ok, now for a few I'm going to be looking for -

Meadow rue 'Amy Jan', 'Thalictrum aquilegifoliium'
Coral Bells ' Marmalade'
Oriental Lily ' Miss Lucy' --- claiming to have 100% double bloom
Cutleaf staghorn sumac 'Tiger Eyes' , Rhustyphina Bailtiger
Foamflower 'Spring Symphony' and 'Rasberry Regal'
Brunnera 'Jack Frost' -- Brunnera macrophylla

There's always room for more plants! LOL!

That hollyhock is intriguing! First year bloom? I have to find it! Garden Gate is an interesting magazine...many useful and clever ideas.

Some interesting looking plants you have listed there. The only one I have is 'Jack Frost' - from Terry's co-op last year. It's beautiful! I hope it gets a bigger this year. :)

very pretty, I like alot of the new plants but I'll probably not be able to get them all, I'm good at dreaming!

I just looked up a pic of the Hollyhock Queeny Purple, the magazine only showed the flower but on Daves G, it show's the leaves as well....very interesting leaves. That Brunnera Jack Frost Kooger will definetly find a spot in my sahdy areas if I can find it.

I've seen it in a few catalogs but it usually runs $15-$20. Kinda high. We got them for about half that for one, and two, with shipping, was about $14 if I remember right. It was a great deal and my first co-op here on DG. I know some that got them posted pics last fall that were double the size of mine. Absolutely gorgeous plants!!
edit - mind not working yet this am. :)

This message was edited Jan 20, 2005 9:23 AM

Yeah Kooger the higher $ amount for these newer plants is a bummer for me, our income is pretty limited, I've not tried a coop yet, every time I see one it looks like they're bombarded with requests, so I dont think I'll ever start one (too much work) but I may try to get some plants that way eventually. I'm hoping that the Garden club members will be 'plant and seed' sharing folks. I am but I dont have much to offer at the moment, I should have a few things to bring to my 1st Roundup.

Sorry, by first co-op I meant it was the first co-op that I ordered from, not hosted. :) Terry hosted that one.

Don't worry about what you have or don't have to bring to RU. There's so many plants there, you won't believe it. Some folks just love to plant seeds and then only need a few of the pack for themselves, so they share the rest. Almost everyone has a plant or bush that needs thinning or dividing so they bring along the extras. There's no pressure to bring 'x' number of plants. I think we had 7 or 8 picnic tables full of plants and only 30 people. It was FUN!! I can't wait to yak with everyone again. And eat... ha ha! The food was scrumptious too!

Yep I'm anxiuos myself! I really want to be able to bring some stuff though, we'll see, I'm thinking of trying to seed some annuals using the 'winter sow' method, have you ever done that? I link I found last night on DG said you can just put the growing medium and seeds in a plastic container outdoors in early spring (probably march/april here?) and poke hokes in the tops of the containers
(such as a take-out container) and keep an eye on moisture. Sounds like I'll have to do that to get my Cleome to germinate.

Yes, I did some for the first time last year. I put them out in late Feb. I did 9 kinds of Hosta, 3 kinds of butterfly weed, tanacetum and 2 kinds of perennial geranium. The hostas did pretty good. Only 2 kinds had only a few germinate, the rest had quite a few of each. The tanacetum was like a carpet and the geraniums did great too. Those seeds were from DG members in New Zealand and Chile so that was exciting! I gave all but two of each away, or traded them. The butterfly weed germinated too early and I had them in too shallow a container so they weren't too successful. I did get some planted and they bloomed. I used mostly 2 lt. bottles(pop) and they worked the best. They didn't dry out nearly as fast as some of the square food containers I used. I think this is the best site for learning about WS. http://www.wintersown.org/wseo1/FAQs.html
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This message was edited Jan 20, 2005 6:23 PM

Ok , wow, if you've tried it I might as well too --- especially if it will keep my kitchen free-er of all the seedling containers. (DH will be happy - LOL!) Thanks for the link, I think its different than the one I found earlier. I'll see you in 'May!"!!!!!!! :)

Jack Frost and Orange Meadowbrite are cool plants indeed (2004 additions to my menagerie).

A DG member shared this link in another forum and the guy is fantastic.
http://www.flowerscentgardens.com/index.htm

Better yet, if you want to get that new Orange or Yellow coneflower for half the price, check it out. I couldn't believe the prices.

I looked at the web-site 8ftbed, yes it does look pretty reasonable. I may save most of my $ for some of the deals that I'll find at the farmers market in the spring, but I do want some of the jack frost Brunnera, and I'm going to have to get the ornamental oregano from some-one, not many growers have it but I've decided I have to hae it too. And I have'nt paid much attention to the shady side of my yard, but thats what I plan on concentrating on this summer. Thanks for the link, I've book marked it! Jill