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Posted on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 10:26 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

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Another special perennial...false valerian (centranthus) luminous red/pink spikes in front. Very hardy and comes in white too. Real valerian is also lovely..about 4 feet and smells like jasmine.....yes!!!!

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Posted on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - 10:31 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Real valerian. Almost as good as jasmine.Plant Forum

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Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 12:00 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

You have a beautiful garden, Stephie! Do False and Real Valeria both produces seeds? I'd love to grow some.

Hibiscuscrazy - Florida, Zone "8b"
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Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 12:40 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Stephie, your garden looks beautiful and I would love to see it better. Can you make your pictures a little larger?

Loretta - NJ, Zone "6"
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Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 07:39 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Both plants produce seeds very easily although both do best as seedlings dug up in spring. Centranthus grows everywhere...strangely, my friend can't get hers to live whereas I have them growing out of sidewalk cracks! Valerian is easy too...what you see is from seeds..they can be white flowered or pale pink but still retain their jasmine smell. False valerian has no smell--boo--but makes up for it visually.
I don't know why my picture went so small but first try it was too big....goldilocks and the three bears????Plant Forum Better?

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Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 07:42 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Oh...and thank you for the compliments!

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Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 - 12:47 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Nice photos. "Real" valerian (Valeriana officinalis) gets well over 6' here.

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Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 - 08:12 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Stephie, can I email you for some seedlings in spring?

Hibiscuscrazy - Florida, Zone "8b"
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Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 - 10:46 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hibiscuscrazy: I can't send seedlings due to phytosantitary laws but will collect seeds. They should flower in the second year. Already have your address....the other seeds will be on their way shortly.

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Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 - 12:50 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Thanks, Stephie. I'll patiently wait for the seeds. Wish spring is here. :-)

Hibiscuscrazy - Florida, Zone "8b"
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Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 - 01:07 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Beautiful, Stephie. Now I have to take out some more grass because I think this is another "must" for my garden -- the "real" one with the fragrance, that is.

Lovinlife - Utah, Zone "5"
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Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 - 09:02 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Yes, and my will power is losing against not buying the rarer purple form....and that's expensive. But, then you always get more seeds eventually LOL!!!

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Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 03:11 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Stephie wrote on Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 07:39 pm:

goldilocks and the three bears????

LOL!!
Beautiful Stephie. I envy you the tree lupin, I have no room but I do grow the white valerian. The smell in the Summer is wonderful and really wafts around the garden.

Growit - Hants UK, Zone "8/9"
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Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 10:45 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Well, finally broke down and bought the blue tree lupine...couldn't resist. Also found another lupine haven't heard about...ever..but a cross with the blue tree lupine. To keep the tree lupines in fine form, after flowering they should be cut back fairly severely....tree lupines can get wrangly and their branches break easily with weight, snow and/or winds. The one drawback (and it isn;t a real problem for me) is they attract the biggest, fattest aphids you ever did see....grey, hairy and you can almost hear them walking! Jurassic aphids I call them. I just run my gloved hand up the stems and it's another extinction event!LOL

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Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 04:28 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

How could you resist when they do so well for you. I've never been able to get lupine to flower in my yard. I may try again though since I have the seeds sitting around.

Loretta - NJ, Zone "6"
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Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 01:41 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Stephie wrote on Monday, February 25, 2008 - 09:02 pm:

my will power is losing against not buying the rarer purple form....and that's expensive


I don't think I would have the will power, Steph. I'd rather have flowers than money - LOL.

Lovinlife - Utah, Zone "5"

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