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OH-Yeah 2cd year babies poking up-

15 years ago

MY 2 year olds:

Holly hocks-these look good there are a lot in a holding bed when can I transplant these? Of course the ones in there perm. home are not up yet. To ensure more next year should I just plop my new ws baby's in and around these latter?

Foxglove these stayed green thru winter & today I noticed new growth. The old leaves are looking shabby will these fade away? Also I did rather large hos last year even this early the plants are huge. If I dig deep enough think I can separate these? or just let them be?

Lupine- wow really pleased w/ these so many stems or whatnot from each plant. These I planted individually. Hope to keep the rabbits away last year they did a number on 1 grouping.

Also have columbine,itty bitty yarrow,shasta daisy(stayed green thru winter also),blackberry lilly.

Still no sign of quite a few but I'm so happy & looking forward to these blooms this year.

My patients(very hard to have in 1st year) lol should be greatly rewarded w/ lots of 2cd year blooms !!!!!!!!!!!!

Annette(huge grins on face)

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tiffy_z5_6_can
15 years ago
Annette,

That is fabulous! I was doing the yard walk the other day and saw very little, but some things are poking a bit so I should be not far behind.

Remove the old foliage on the Digitalis when things warm up a bit.

If it were me (please note I wrote 'if it were me'), that HOS would stay kaput. When things are growing nice and lush and healthy and full and..., well, I let them grow that way. They make such a great impact. :O)
playintheyard
Original Author
15 years ago
Tiffy I think your right a "great impact" it will be.

I really am thrilled to see those guys all grown up this summer. They were soooo small last year.

I love doing the "yard walk" in the morning w/ first cup of coffee. Can't wait till the weather really warms up!

Annette
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Deb Chickenmom
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Sounds like great progress with your plants, Annette! We call the "yard walk" "surveying the kingdom" at our house. (Ha!! Like we are really in charge of anything around here.)
carrie630
15 years ago
my yard walk is now called : "rabbit patrol"

:0/

Carrie

I think the best part of wintersowing or (growing from seed)
is the fact that you can grow perennials. I must have hundreds of dollars worth of perennials for pennies - that's very exciting.
kqcrna
15 years ago
My husband calls my walk around the yard my walkabout. I'll be walking through the yard in my bathrobe, coffee in hand, and he yells out "having your walkabout?"

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floodthelast
15 years ago
I call it checking the gardens, when I'm done I come back in and announce the garden news of the day.

Thanks for posting your babies. I'm glad to hear they over wintered. Very reassuring, make sure to post pics when they bloom.
terrene
15 years ago
I have huge clumps of WS Digitalis that will bloom this June. Very excited to see how they bloom! I've purchased plants in the past, but this is the first time growing them from seed, and it was SO easy. I did not plant HOS, but as teeny little seedlings in between other perennials. The idea is for the Digitalis to shoot up and flower in a mass, while the surrounding perennials/grasses are still clumps of foliage. Then as they go to seed, I will cut them back.

My experience is that they have been easy to move in either the Spring or fall, and it doesn't hurt the blooms. Since yours are HOS, this may not work so well - but if you have lots it worth a try. Dig out carefully because the roots may be intertwined.

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