Almost 40 phlox...I have a problem!
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8 years agoaftermidnight Zone7b B.C. Canada
8 years agoLOL I can relate, until a couple of years ago I had a perennial aster collection 60 +. One unusually bad winter almost wiped me out, maybe a dozen left?
My fuchsia collection was in the hundreds but I have too much shade for them now, my lath house is in complete shade from a very big Robinia tree so I just use this space for getting out of the sun and a lot of dividing and potting up on a big potting bench hung from posts on one side. I only grow about a dozen fuchsias now, not the best picture but it shows some of them :)
I don't have that many phlox 10 or 11 I think but it looks like this is my latest addiction, I just love this easy care perennial and long blooming period so I keep looking for more, but they have been very scarce in my neck of the woods this year :(.
And... then there's the brugmansias, have 15 I think, white, pink, yellow and orange, double and single flowering, these will be wittled down to the ones I like the most once they bloom. Half are new rooted cuttings this year so it will take a year or so to come into their own.
Mmmmm almost forgot the succulents, I have a 'few' of these too LOL. I keep telling myself I have to slow down, pushing 78 has it's drawbacks :(.
Annette
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