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| I've just done my big shop this year and put in a lot of new-to me plants. I know a lot of these are quite common, but these are things that I haven't put in before, so I'm quite excited to see what happens. Has anyone had issues with them? What new things are you trying?
- Coneflowers (Tangerine Dream, Secret Pride, Mamma Mia, Amazing Dream & Maui Sunshine)
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a 5b/6a N CT (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 9:43
| I've added quite a few new-to-me perennials this year and in addition to these have more ordered from Santa Rosa Gardens' year-end sale: Nepeta Walkers Low From your list I'm growing these: |
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- Posted by newbiehavinfun 7a - Southern NJ (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 10:26
| New to me this year: Foxglove -- Primrose Carousel I'm sorry, but I haven't tried any of the varieties from your lists, so I'm of no help! |
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- Posted by on_greenthumb (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 11:20
| Newbie - I can tell you I love my ninebark. I started it the first year I was gardening and at the end of the season (hottest summer with very little moisture) and it's up against the south side of my house, it was down to a twig and I thought for sure I'd killed it. Fast forward 4 years and it's gone from a 6" twig to a 5'x4'shrub. It grows around 18" a year for me on average now (obviously that second year was a good one). The bark has started to exfoliate and the colourings on it are great. It is my biggest accomplishment and one of the things people always compliment!!! Great choice!!! |
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- Posted by christinmk z5b eastern WA (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 11:27
| *So far* I haven't gone hog-wild with plant buying ;-) Here is my list of new plants: From your list I grow: Ps. what is the foliage like on your 'Fiesta' forsythia? A local plant sale was offering it and I was wondering about it. Is it a bright variegation or subtle? |
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| I'm in a new home build, first summer. Everything is new. Most of my plants I've started from seed over the winter: Munstead lavender Still annual seeds to plant. And I've done veggies (some mixed in with my flowers): More veggies to go mid-summer for fall cool season crops. Want to continue starting perennial flowers to grow this summer and over winter outside for next year. Gotta get back outside and get more plants in - thunderstorms called for this afternoon. Take care of your babies,
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| New to me this year are some Echinacea purpurea. Should be very hardy even in this zone. What zone are you in? You must be warmer than my zone 3 since you are expecting Forsythia to survive. I don't have many exact cultivars that are on your list but I seeded Maltese Cross years ago and still have a few. Tough plants but I'm giving away some as the color is not the best for my garden. I have Campanula Glomerata which is a real spreader altho I don't think Blue Clips is as bad. Easy to pull anyhow. I have a climbing honeysuckle but it's a zone 4 plant surviving in my zone 3 so has pretty severe dieback every year. I have different lilacs but they are very hardy and do well except when the deer 'prune' them and they don't flower. I bought a Catherine Woodbury daylily last year but was disappointed in the pale color altho am keeping it for now. Might look better when it's larger. This year I bought a boatload of herbs and annuals for pots and edging. I've seeded a few things, taken 24 cuttings from my Walker's Low catmint, and have many, many perennial flax and columbine that I seeded last year so I have more plants than I know what to do with. I'm giving away a lot this year. Last year I bought quite a few perennials and shrubs and since I'm revising/editing many beds I don't need more. Last year I bought 2 different ninebark which I love and they did very well until the deer discovered them in the fall. They 'pruned' them quite severely but they did survive winter and I hope they grow as well this year as they did last year. |
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- Posted by on_greenthumb (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 22:29
| Sorry - good point. I'm in Zone 5a/4b (Central Ontario). My neighbours had a gorgeous forsythia and I was gutted when they chopped it last year down to a stump......LOL Little did I know that this year it's grown into a gorgeous shrubby thing (it was a little leggy, I guess). No flowers this year, but next year should be really pretty. I chose the variegated because it'll provide interest year round....it's next to the Sambucus Thundercloud, so dramatic black foliage and the yellow.....gorgeous!!! |
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| We do have similar taste in plants!! My Ninebark Diablo also had a rough beginning. It was planted in a very sandy area ... mostly sand and I threw as much manure etc in there as I could. It sort of just sat there the first year, and I kept ammending the soil. It is 3 years later and the soil is still very sandy, but it has filled out nicely and is starting to look much more impressive. I was inspired to buy it after I saw one on a local garden tour. The one I saw must have been at least 5 years old, quite mature, and SO impressive when in full bloom ... a real show-stopper!! I have Sambucus Black Lace, another dark foliage one, and I really love it. It is also in it's third summer and starting to fill out nicely. The dark elders are really striking! I have Weigela "My Monet" which has stayed really small for me. I know it is supposed to be compact, but I thought it would get a little bigger than it has. Still, I like the variegated foliage :) New to me this year are some more (and different) Coneflowers, some new Daylilies ... I'm trying to add more tall bearded iris and lilies to the garden this summer as well. I just got a new rose "Monsieur le Capitaine Louis Frere", a beautiful red hybrid perpetual which I'm very excited about although I doubt it will bloom this year. Also adding a couple low-growing sedums, "Angelina" and "Chocolate Drop". Looking for "Bertram Anderson" as well, if I can find it locally. I haven't been out to look at local nurseries much yet, not enough time, but hopefully soon so I can get them before everything gets bumped up to the larger pots (and larger prices)! We have a climbing honeysuckle which is gorgeous, but you have to keep a close eye as the wasps like making their nests in there, and then the leaves fill out and you can't see it unless you bang into it (ouch). We also have a Climbing Hydrangea, which is quite vigorous and needs a lot of pruning each Spring but is quite the show-stopper in full bloom as well! I love the couple varieties of coreopsis that I have. If I can get them to over-winter (ie they are hardy here, which many aren't), then they really are tough plants and dependable bloomers. So bright and cheerful. I've been wanting to try Silene, I have seeds for "Starburst" which I traded for on a whim but haven't planted yet. I don't know much about Silene, never grown it before. Does it spread or seed around? Low grower or a taller plant? Anyone have a picture of Silene as a plant? |
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| New for me this year: 3 peonies: Mother´s Choice, Sarah Bernhardt & Gay Paree ... and many more |
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- Posted by eightzoner (My Page) on Wed, Jun 8, 11 at 17:44
| I'm expanding the garden quite a bit this year, so have lots of new babies. Still finding homes for everything. (Went with a big list, came home with a carload of plants none of which were on my list. LOL!) New this year: brunnera macrophylla Looking Glass -- my Jack Frost has been such a winner for me. Making babies for me and holding those gorgeous blue flowers so long. It's currently looking awesome in the the back alley bed with sedum in dry sun. Go figure. We'll see how it holds up. ajuga chocolate chips I'm also trying a bunch of annuals that are new to me, but I'm tired of typing. LOL! Sheri |
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- Posted by christinmk z5b eastern WA (My Page) on Wed, Jun 8, 11 at 18:30
| -cziga, I have Silene laciniata 'Jack Flash' which is very similar to your S. laciniata 'Starburst'. It has never done very much for me. Only thing I can think of is that it doesn't much care for our soil. I have gotten seeds to start fairly easily, but haven't had any come up on their own in the garden. I suspect it would reseed gently where happy. Clumps, but does not spread. Hope you have good luck with your plant! CMK |
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| Let's see if I can do this by memory. Here's my first timers: Larkspur I'm sure I've missed listing some, looking for my WS list |
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- Posted by girlgroupgirl 8 ATL (My Page) on Wed, Jun 8, 11 at 23:28
| almost everything I planted was grown from seed, except an old fashioned crinum that came originally from a friend (now passed away) her garden. Everything else "new" are seed annuals or vegetables, the rest were relocations until the fall. Since it's been 94 or higher here for the last 3-4 weeks I can no longer reasonably plant any perennials. I hope to go crazy in the fall! I have so many new garden areas I'm preparing!!! |
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| The only things I bought as plants are 4 dwarf fruit trees (2 apple an asian pear, and a sour cherry) which will be espaliered as a 3 tier cordon fence. Everything else new I grew from seed. Lots of herbs and vegetables: Annuals: Perennials: I also have 22 new and different dahlias to plant that I got through a big Dahlia swap - those go in this weekend! |
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- Posted by schoolhouse z5/ohio (My Page) on Thu, Jun 9, 11 at 8:33
| Bitterroot, an Orange Majesty Iris and an Elkie Geranium. I have a small pot of Becky Shasta Daisies yet to plant. Puervian Daffodils (blooming this morning!) and some new Stargazer Lilies. |
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