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Lilybeetle
| | Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 10:24 pm EST : |   
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I wanted to post this - because it is a favourite of mine, "amsonia". It is not eye capturing in a pot - in fact it looks quite pathetic. It is about three feet + tall - is drought resistant - likes full sun. It has never flopped here and is reliably hardy to zone 4. In a light breeze I think it is one of the most graceful perennials - has no pests that I know of. When it has finished blooming - it still stays neat and tidy. I let it self-seed this year and have given some away and will start another clump for myself - maintenance level O. I hope I can encourage others to try it. If you have some experience with this one - please share - maybe it is not as garden worthy in your location.
I love this iris - a good thing since I waited three years for it to bloom. "Crimson Snow". I got mine through mail order at "Botanus". Last year I got hit by the iris borer and lost many of my favourites. I am so pleased that this survived. I am slowly rebuilding colonies of the ones I like. The little pink "bunny tails" in the pic are polygonium (sp?)bisorta superbaum. They look awesome underplanted with allium "Christophi".
Last is peony "Coral n' Gold". I bought it last year on my annual plant pilgrimage with my garden friends. Three buds this year - were a welcomed sight. Can't wait til it becomes a small shrub. This years buds are confirmation that I have not planted it too deep. I should have a nice plant in a couple of years.
Today was the 2005 "plant extravaganza". Came home with a few more treasures. I was very discriminating - OK I have run out of space here :)
Lilybeetle
- Ontario,
Zone "4B"
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Eileen
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 01:18 am EST : |
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  Small world, I have been given amsonia by a friend just last week. It is a small start. The picture is of her plants. I also just ordered, yesterday, crimson snow iris.
Eileen Pennsylvania Zone 5 |
Lulubelle
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 07:57 am EST : |
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Very lovely, Ladies! What a very beautiful Iris, Kim! You have so much blooming there. My peonies are still in buds, not a flower to be seen yet on it. But when they bloom, the should be spectacular! I anxiously await their beautiful blooms. I pray that the rains will not ruin them before I can enjoy them. We are expecting some pretty heavy rainfall in the next few days.
Lulubelle, zone 5, Quebec, Canada |
Monique
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 08:49 am EST : |
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Kim..it's as pretty as you told me it would be..Looks great as well as your Iris and peony..
Again..I am trailing..Not too much color here yet now that the tulips and alliums are done.
Monique Quebec Zone 5 |
Sunnyday2day
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 09:07 am EST : |
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Thanks for the info on that amsonia...it does make me want to go get one! I also like that beautiful iris.
Sunnyday2day
- Michigan,
Zone "5"
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Galanthophile
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 11:04 am EST : |
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The amsonia is not a plant I'm familiar with so thanks for the introduction - it's lovely.
Galanthophile
- Ann (Northern England),
Zone "8"
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Kniphofia
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 11:47 am EST : |
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I really must add Amsonia to my garden. I've admired it at the nursery many times, and seeing your photos of mature clumps really makes me want one.
Here's a photo I took of the flowers a couple of years ago at the nursery.
Kniphofia
- Maine,
Zone "4"
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Galanthophile
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 11:51 am EST : |
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Very pretty!
Galanthophile
- Ann (Northern England),
Zone "8"
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Susanq
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| | Posted on Monday, June 13, 2005 - 01:58 am EST : |
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If have an Amsonia also which is not nearly as large as yours yet.
Shade tends to be a bit of a problem here. The iris is wonderful!
SusanQ - Zone 4b-5b Wisconsin |
Mike_in_chicago
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| | Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 12:53 am EST : |
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Amsonia tabernaemontana is what you have there, sometimes called blue star willow, I love it for its non-floppy shrubby shape and its golden fall color. For a real blazing-yellow fall color, though, try A. hubrechtii, which has finer foliage, smaller, almost insignificant blue flowers, but lights up like a dying star when autumn comes around.
Mike_in_chicago
- Chicago, IL,
Zone "5b"
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