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Comments (182)Hi KarenPA, I don't, but this lady seems to say it's inevitable: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/04/gardens-bulbs-alliums Excerpt: Perfect partners Alliums have ugly leaves. Actually, they are lovely in spring but by the time the flowers appear they are manky and on the wane. Great leaf obscurers include geraniums, santolina and Alchemilla mollis. Sedum spectabile makes a good partner, forming a succulent mat of foliage around the base, then springing into flower some time after the alliums have faded. Van der Kloet also recommends grey-leaved hostas, Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Overdam', Campanula latifolia 'Alba' and Geranium magnificum....See MoreLate Spring Post.. Part 3
Comments (2)@Linda The 1st is Picea Abies 'Hildburghausen'. Shiny dark green from summer to winter. 2"-4"/yr. It will form a conical tree in 10 years with the height of 4' and 2' wide. The 4th is Pinus mugo 'Jakobsen'. Very slow growth. 1"-2"/yr...See MorePost your 2019 Spring bulb pictures here!
Comments (173)mazerolm, people tell me I have a short growing season! You must have a love for the garden and flowers to make the effort in z3. It's all looking so good! This year I've had some "no shows". Maybe because of our record breaking rain? Last fall I planted 50 Muscari, comosum plumosum and 10 Ornithalum that I haven't seen yet. They may still show up, but the clock is ticking! Still have alliums around the yard.... One patch of white giant alliums..... Hyacinthoides hispanica...See MoreLast post of Spring pics from yesterday - Graham Thomas
Comments (5)So much for the original description of "mannerly five by five shrub". At least you get repeat bloom. My first plant from Hortico grew 10', provided ONE flower at the top then grew that long again. I literally bare rooted it and moved the plant when it did that exact repeat performance. I kept propagating flowering stems to see if that would help. Nope, it was twenty years before I had a GT that bloomed more than once. He STILL demanded to be allowed to grow 10'+ before he would flower. I'm glad yours is as cooperative as it is....See Morestuartlawrence (7b L.I. NY)
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