Your experiences with Maltese Cross, Lychnis chalcedonica
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Comments (5)Just wondering if you have a few seeds to share? We moved to Wis. from PA and I brought a plant-Lychins-Maltese cross and it died. I should have saved the seeds, but I figured it would re-seed the next year and I would have plenty of plants. Well, I probably would have, but last year I mulched so heavly, I did not see one weed, or any sprouts. I guess you can over mulch. Can you share just a few seeds, I really love this plant and miss it in my garden. Nadine...See MorePlease name your red perennial bloomers.
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Comments (22)"Just reading these lists confirms to me that I am WAY out of my league here! I want to find a yellow rose that blooms despite the heat and is hard to kill. Preferably that smells like a rose." Chickenmom, how about the old tea Lady Hillingdon? Should do well in your area and is a refined beauty of a rose. I have the climbing variety and it happily survives a South facing wall surrounded by concrete and stone in my zone 10 driveway! My DH says she's the prettiest rose I have. Another option for you might be Crepuscule, a noisette rose. I don't grow it myself, and I believe it's a tad more orangey, but I've heard rave reviews. As for my personal wish list, I need 12 (yes, you read correctly, 12) new lavender plants to replant my lavender hedge. I also need a new spinal chord to cope with the job... Other assorted wishes include a couple more variegated hollies, a witch hazel (if I somehow manage to squeeze it in), a pink bougainvillia to cope with our dog days of Summer and an oakleaf hydrangea. The last one is virtually impossible to get, since I have never seen it offered for sale here. I simply can't find perennials for sale here - only trees/shrubs and annuals. I wonder why this happens? Eduarda Here is a link that might be useful: Lady Hillingdon...See MoreMaltese Cross?
Comments (6)I love this plant and let it grow with abandon in one small bed. I have found that its height varies greatly with where you plant it. Mine is 3-4 feet high in the bed that only gets afternoon/evening sun. It only grew 1 foot where it got morning/afternoon sun. The stems are fairly lax, but that's okay where I have it...it is supported by oriental poppy, asiatic lilies, tall trollius, and monkshood. When it falls down, it just sends up side shoots that bloom. For a few days, everything in that bed is in bloom at once and nothing has been beaten down by the rain, and all the tall yellows, reds, and oranges are simply stunning together, offset by all the purple pansies growing in front of them. L. chalcedonica resseds freely in my garden, so I try to deadhead some, and make sure to pull some out in the spring. It's relatively short-lived compared to my other perennials, but that's never a problem since it reseeds, and I use it as a filler plant rather than a specimen....See Morevtandrea
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