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Lovely leucantha
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Posted by ramazz 7b (My Page) on Thu, Sep 20, 07 at 9:58
| I kept this in a pot last year but decided it would be happier in the front yard. Boy, is it ever!
Becky |
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RE: Lovely leucantha
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RE: Lovely leucantha
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| I agree. It's amazing what can happen in the right location. |
RE: Lovely leucantha
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| WOW!! thanks for sharing your beautifull leucantha |
RE: Lovely leucantha
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| Those of you who have grown this before - I am in 7b so I am worried about it surviving the winter (I see it is hardy to zone 8). Anything special I should do? Becky |
RE: Lovely leucantha
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| It has been pretty reliable for me in central North Carolina. The main problems seem to be drainage and overfertile soil where it grows rapidly and robustly, then comes to a screeching halt when it uses up all the nutrients. Slower growing specimens that get a regular boost of fertilizer, then get divided every 3-5 years last longer. |
RE: Lovely leucantha
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| I've never successfully wintered over a leucantha in the ground here in New Jersey. A few years ago I gave up and just grew them in large pots that could be dragged into the garage when the weatherman called for a freeze. It is the only way I get to have plants the look like the one pictured since they can usually be kept going into early January. |
RE: Lovely leucantha
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- Posted by youreit z9b CA Sunset z8-9 (My Page) on
Fri, Sep 21, 07 at 12:48
| Mine just started blooming, too, but it's taller with fewer stems and blooms. Yours is so lovely, Becky! Thanks for sharing! Brenda |
RE: Lovely leucantha
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| My "Santa Barbara" has stubbornly refused to bloom. It suffered severely during the freeze in January, but other S. leucanthas in the area (Temecula) are flowering. |
RE: Lovely leucantha
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| I had one here in the piedmont of NC and it survived 3 winters in a row. This spring it failed to return and I think that it is due to the late freeze back we had around Easter since everything else was the same as in previous years. In the fall I leave the plant alone and don't prune it back until early spring. I also tend to mulch it with shredded leaves in late fall. This post made me realize that I didn't replace it this year and should have--it is one great plant! My Santa Barbara plant which was also planted last spring didn't return this spring either. 
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