Fire pink

cydonia33

19 years ago

Are these ephemeral? I do need something to attract the hummers right now... The migration map says they are here... but I have nothing for them until my red buckeye blooms...

mwbeall

19 years ago

I do not believe Silene virginica is an ephemeral; not sure about the question. The hummers will be fine. Put out a feeder.

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1. Ostrich doesn't your blooms stand back up on your Limelight after they have time to dry out? Mine do not flop that bad at all. I remember a pic of your LL and it was about the biggest one I have ever seen. It has set the bar high for my LL. I am curious at what height do you prune yours down to Ostrich? I Love my Limelights and can not really come up with a negative thing to say about them at all. 2. The Quick Fire is a very great shrub, but a little puzzling to me. I am glad Whass stated about her flower color. I have three of them. One was just purchased last fall. But my other 2 act totally different from the other. The PH is very close to each other, but they are in two completely different light exposures. One receives full sun from 11am all day and the other gets around 5 hours of mid to later day sun. The one in full sun acts like Whass's QF & the partial sun one acts like Ostrich's QF. Although who knows maybe they are different because they came from two different places or could it be the sun exposure?? I defentily prefer the dusty pink over pantyhose color later in the year. Never noticed the bugs on this one to bad. I have noticed them more on the Limelights than the Quick Fire, but neither are a problem at all. Always my first to bloom also! 3. I just bought my first Pinky Winky last year. It was a 5 gallon plant. The blooms were better than advertised in my opinion. Absolutely huge sturdy multi colored blooms. I couldn't of been happier about it's performance for it's first year. This year it is my only holdout in showing buds and growing slower than expected. Not sure what to expect this year. 4. The Pink Diamond is TERRIBLE for wasp and flys. No other attracts them like the PD in my yard! It is a tree form and is perfect in all other ways other than the bug issue. Always the second to bloom behind the QF or tied for second with LL. This year it is beating the LL by a week or so. Defentily not my favorite flower of all Paniculata, but still very stunning. 5. Little Lamb is about as floppy as a Pee Gee. Although it's flowers are far superior and compact size is great! I also bought some Vanilla Strawberries this year and I am very excited. I thought I read they came from a Limelight but are a little smaller. They are being sold by Bailey Nursery the same people that are behind the Endless Summer. They claim 4-5 ft wide and 6-8ft tall. They are 5 gallon plants I purchased. The stems are bright red! Better than the Pinky Winky by far! But I fail to have seen that mentioned by any of the advertisements. They say it will keep reblooming to give you the tri-color effect. Plus they advertise the bloom time is the longest of any other Paniculata by 4 weeks. The flower shape seems like they will be a little different from the LL. Here is some photos of the VS and found off a website and Bailey's. In the background I believe is the new Tickled Pink also.

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G'morn'g pegnj - My side-by-side QF & Lil Lamb are 4' apart, in 4yrs they are hugging each other comfortably, if planted as hedge ... I judged by plant size printed on the tags. If you want to enjoy/show as individual specimens, perhaps allow room to be able to view all around. I plan to hard prune Lil Lamb in Spring (a rambunctious bunch!) ... QF is a more disciplined lady!!! PD will be wider for sure - mine is only 2y/o & already getting, as George (Ego45) predicts!!! Happy planting!!!

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shadeyplace

19 years ago

Aquilegia canadensis is the first thing they go to in my garden.

ladyslppr

19 years ago

Hummingbirds won't arrive in any numbers in PA until the middle of the month. Usually the males arrive before I see any hummingbird-friendly flowers. They can survive just fine on bugs.

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