Best Agastache for bouquets/zone 5/SCENT
phylrae
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Comments (5)Don't know I'll be much of any help here, but as I know how much I appreciate answers to my posts, I'll give my 2 cents. In a completely different climate, but have seen a lots of Trumpeter here, and its very beautiful. Lots of blooms so dark and rich it's almost red, but not quite. Still very very dark orange. Only think missing is fragrance. Then, I have Vavoom on my personal wish list. Very bright orange with lovely scent. Good luck....See MoreBest fragrant roses for zone 5?
Comments (24)Lol, this so many wonderful selections I'm having a hard time picking! I found a 3 gallon America rose at a private nursery, I remembered the name from this thread and it was the only fragrant rose in the lot, so I went for it. It has a lovely salmon pink color that turned out to be a great compromise between the decking and white building. The clematis Perle d' Azur is trained up the wall and the rose went in front of it next to a Clematis Arabella intended to scramble trough the border. What surprised me was how much clay I found about 2 feet down while back digging the bed. I dunked two bags of mushroom compost and mixed it up with two bags of fine gravel and one bag of sand but I'm kind of worried about what will happen to the root a few years down the line? Any predictions? Is this enough amending ? I left the hose on to soak the bush, a small trickle for about 45 mins, and when the bed was over flowing I turned it off and it took about 25 mins for the standing water to drain away. This was after I had replaced about 8'x2'x2' of the old dirt. Anybody with more experience who can give me more insight on how this will play in to it's health? There's a few spots on the leaves that I suspect is the dreaded blackspot. I live inland, due west of Chicago, so not exactly coastal climate but still lots of humidity in the summer. I made sure to clear about a foot between plant and wall and also at some distance from where another rosebush been before, I cleared about 2 feet from the original site but I essentially replaced all the dirt as well. I made sure of sinking the bush level with the dirt in the pot per instructions. As far as I could discern, it's not a grafted plant, I felt up the trunk all the way down the to the ball of dirt and felt no bump. I'm very drawn to the Romantica and English roses and am interested to learn more about the two series, My new Colette is coming in this weekend with a Stormy weather who's supposedly a purple rose. These will be my trial experience before I commit to a full rose garden. I understand ramblers only bloom once, no? How do I know the difference between a rambler and a climber? What is the difference between a Grandiflora and a Wicheriiana? My roses must be of the resilient kind and besides generous amounts of mushroom compost and a good trellis will have to fend for themselves. No spray, no chemicals. I'm staying clear of any grafted stock and no Tea roses. What would be the best US purveyors of either the Romantica or the English series? Is it possible to buy rootstock older than a year trough mail order? Also, can anyone advice me on good online sources for reading up on the different categories ? I'd like to hear from someone who grows the Zepherine Drouhin, Queen of Sweden, or the Polka in zone 5. My priorities are as follows: Repeat bloom, disease resistance, fragrance, cut life, color... God bless and thank you! Kerstin...See MoreAgastache 'Black Adder', anyone grow in Zone 5?
Comments (3)When I got it, it was the only one in the store amid a sea of Blue Fortune. It was so magnificent I couldnÂt believe it was just sitting there unappreciated. I snatched it up and put it safely in my cart, then looked around. I was in a LoweÂs not in my own neighborhood (I had checked my own earlier and they had only Blue Fortune). I have one agastache (not sure, I think Honey Bee Blue) and have been quite un-impressed with its wimpy color. I leave it more for the gold finches. Since they take back plants from any LoweÂs I think maybe it came originally from a store with more interesting stock than in my area. I checked on Bluestone and they have it listed for Zone 6. I think IÂm borderline Zone 5-6, but some of that may just depend on what kind of winter we have. The place I have in mind to put it will be a little bit warmer. But because it is so late I will probably not be able to plant it (or should not?) but will sink it in my vegetable garden and try to set up some additional protection....See MoreFavorite best scented shrubs for zone 5 or colder
Comments (20)Tad: The V. carlesii hybrids duke it out with the V. x burkwoodii group for fragrance. Even the V. carlesii 'Compactum' packs a huge fragrant wallop for a small plant. I like my V. x burkwoodii 'Chenaultii' the best among the cultivars in these two groups. V. x juddii is also excellent. For best fragrance, and unfortunately the worst form, V. x carlcephalum is the absolute best to my nose. Any of these related types, though, is a pleasure to sniff. Pick your plant on size and overall form....See Morephylrae
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