Why this growth habit?
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marguerite_gw Zone 9a
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growth habit of Yushania brevipaniculata?
Comments (9)Why no runners? Cuz I can barely keep my lawn edged. I have dead peony foliage from two years ago on the ground. I've washed my truck 5 times in ten years. I'm willing to risk something looking bad, but not if it'll have the potential to turn my very forgiving neighbors against me! OK, I'm chicken. However, this is a smallish area and perhaps I could use a barrier. I'm almost willing to test out a runner but it's a sort of shady spot. I've looked at Needmore's hardiness list and he must have tougher weather than I do, at least as far as Fargesia goes. I'd give mine a B, but it's young and I forget to water it.:) I guess an "open clumper" isn't the thing for me...thanks for explaining. Still. Yushania looks so purty. However it grows....See MoreStamile CV's - Growth Habits, success you've had?
Comments (28)I posted earlier about Tranquil Waters... a GREAT plant. I grow a few more Stamiles' on this thread right now. Here's my take: ABSOLUTE TREASURE- Gorgeous flower. Major rust magnet in my garden. I love the bloom and keep the plant, but I wouldn't recommend it based on the rust-magnet factor. I have several Stamile plants within touching distance and they are regularly unaffected. DRUID'S CHANT - Grows right next to ABSOLUTE TREASURE in my garden and is alway vigorous. I divided it in July (we've had a drought this year) and didn't do anything special to the pieces I put back in the ground. They look like they were never disturbed. Great plant - I highly recommend it! ALL FIRED UP - Amazing plant. Even though I'm not fond of oranges, this is one of my favorite plants year after year. Great blooms, great foliage, great plant. BLUEBERRY FROST - Almost tossed this one last year. I've had it for 3-4 years and it never did much. This summer, WOWEEWOW! Even though we had a pretty bad drought, BLUEBERRY FROST was an amazing performer. RAINBOW EYE - much nicer now that I've moved it to a place where it gets some afternoon shade. In all-day sun, it has a tendency to scape-blast in my garden. I was going to get rid of all of it last summer - dug it and didn't do anything with it. Last December, I planted it in my garden (it had been on my back porch in a grocery bag since July) and said,"if you live, you live." I told myself that I would sell it all at my Daylily Club's public sale (July 2007) if it lived. It was so pretty in its new spot that it never made it to the public sale. :) LAVENDER RAINBOW - What a great plant! Beautiful blooms, great plant habit. I love this one! CHANCE ENCOUNTER - Lovely and vigorous. LET LOOSE - I didn't think I would like Spiders - this one changed my way of thinking. I needed tall and yellow so I took a chance. It is currently the only thing blooming in my garden, although WILD AND FREE (Stamile), has put another scape. I love-love-love this plant!! CERISE MASTERPIECE - I brought this one home from the Stamile garden last April. It is a magnificent plant. Tall scapes, large blooms, amazing color. It was the first plant I ever spent $150 for and I don't regret it for a nanosecond! There are several others, but this post is long enough!! Meg :)...See MoreSugar Moon: size and growth habit, sun needs?
Comments (17)I loved Sugar Moon so much that I bought 3..... however, I am down to one... One died in my flood last fall.... and another one died by growing backwards a couple of years ago. They can get 6 or 7 foot tall here.... but I learned NOT to let them get that tall because of the canker. It seemed to me when we have our gale wind (or even just heavy wind for several days) that SM starts to get canker..... I think when his canes get whipped around it caused them to get it.... not sure, but it sure seemed like it.... I now TAKE extra long cuttings of his flowers to try and keep it short..... my bushes have all been pretty narrow... but I realized that the height of mine is probably due to my all year long growing season. I absolutely love this rose .... but it is hard to maintain. Here in Florida, mine gets just a little over half day sun....See MoreBush growth habit
Comments (12)Bolero is nice and compact, even in this 12 month growing climate. It just blooms and blooms with Austin-like roses that hold up better than Austins in the vase and on the bush. The only DA I have that stays mannerly is Darcey Bussell. Even she gets bigger than advertised here, but she’s very easy to control, unlike the rest of my DA’s. I put Darcey in a fairly small bed, and I plant a lot of annual seeds around her. Any time she’s blocking the light, or I need the space, I hack her back. She responds by sending out new canes loaded with blooms. She’s always blooming and rarely takes a break. Although her blooms don’t hold up cut nearly as long as Bolero, Darcey’s blooms do hold up better than most of my Austins. She does not have those long crazy octopus arms that many DA’s do. Lisa...See MoreKara 9b SF Bay Area CA
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