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Posted by njtea NJ Z6 (My Page) on Wed, May 10, 06 at 10:13
| 1. What looks like aruncus or cimicifuga, but isn't?
2. Re: Oak Leaf Hydrangea - have yours started to leaf out yet? I'm trying to determine if mine has passed on because I didn't water it enough last year or if it is just really slow leafing out (I don't recall from past years when the leaves appeared).
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| 1. Don't honestly know Tea. I have cimicifuga and I can't honestly place another plant that's similar from a leaf standpoint. 2. My Oak Leaf Hy. is leafing out as we speak. Patience and that micro climate of yours. Mine has just started within the last week or so. ;^ ) |
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| 1. Baneberry? Sweet cicely? 2. My oak leaf H. has been leafed out for a month but it is in a spot that warms up early. |
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| OK, I'll wait a bit longer before I give up on the O L hydrangea. I realized yesterday that I lost my Calycanthus. I'm going to cut it off at ground level and wait for a while before I dig it out of the ground - it just might stage a comeback. No, it's not baneberry or sweet cicely. (I found wild baneberry the day before yesterday!) In three years, this plant has not bloomed so I guess I'll just have to wait until it does to see what it might be. It took Ligularia "The Rocket" six years to bloom for me so I could be in for a long wait for whatever it is. |
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1. Angelica? astilbe?
2. Yes, my oakleafs are leafed out. You might be able to tell by the terminal bud. Should be plumped out and fuzzy. |
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| Mine has been quite vigorous; grown about 6 inches this year so far. |
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| In response to my own question #1 above - apparently it is cimicifuga but it is just NOW blooming, it started yesterday! (BTW, my cimicifuga with the dark leaves - can't remember the name of it - bloomed for the first time this year. It's been in my garden for 3 or 4 years.) |
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The dark cultivars are fall bloomers. There is also a species that blooms in summer - black cohosh. Which is C. simplex or C. racemosa, I don't know. The info is conflicting. Mine is green-leaved and the flowers last much longer. Both types took a few years to establish here as well. Unfortunately, my James Compton died back to one small leaf. Now I am starting all over with two overpriced Hillside Beauties.
What do you think of the new name actaea instead of cimicifuga? The old name had a ring to it once you got it. Actaea sounds like someone is sneezing. Did your oakleaf live? |
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| My dark one, is it Black Beauty?, bloomed in mid-to-late August (I think). The one that is in bloom now is more like black cohosh. Wish I knew where I got it. Actaea as in baneberry? I prefer cimicifuga - less confusion for me. No, the oakleaf didn't live, but i got a new one from my son and planted it in a different location. It's doing quite well. There's a seedling white oak coming up where the now- deceased was located. I'll let it stay there and in a few years there will, hopefully, be a nice tree growing. |
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Well then that is late - mine blooms with the astilbes.
I didn't notice that they grouped the baneberries with the bugbanes - now that is confusing. |
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