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Color difference between Limelight and Little Lime

lovemycorgi z5b SE michigan

3 years ago

I have Limelight and Little Lime planted next to each other and the blooms are mingling this year. Limelight on the left, Little Lime on the right. Though Limelight is pure white, Little Lime is not. They are in full sun. Just wanted others who may be interested in Little Lime to know it isn't a pure white shrub. But it is very floriferous and extremely hardy! Picture in comments.

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lovemycorgi z5b SE michigan
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3 years ago

Here is the backside of that bed; the two or three white blooms at the very top are from the Limelight, the rest are from the Little Limes.

I've had the Little Limes a couple of years longer than the Limelight.

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lovemycorgi z5b SE michigan
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3 years ago
prairiemoon2 z6b MA
3 years ago
I really like the two together like that. How is your experience with Limelight? How tall does it get and do you find it a good performer?
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hyed
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Together LL will over power the little limes..here is of LL AND QF
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luis_pr
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Indeed. Limelight is a pure white ish color. Little Lime is more of an "off white" color.

Ed, you forgot to put your photos? maybe? ;o))
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lovemycorgi z5b SE michigan
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3 years ago
prairiemoon2, I haven't had Limelight long enough to know how big it will get, but, yes, it is a wonderful, easy shrub that puts on such a show! In some ways it's sad, though, as its blooms herald the end of summer, boo hoo.

hyed, as soon as Limelight's show is over, she is being moved and a Firelight tree is going in her place. That will hopefully open up some room for the Little Limes.
prairiemoon2 z6b MA
3 years ago
What a nice setting! Your Little Limes look great. What is the black structure behind them all?
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lovemycorgi z5b SE michigan
Original Author
3 years ago
Thank you!! That's the garden arch leading from my patio into my backyard. And there's the clematis I just purchased waiting to be planted to climb up said garden arch. I'm trying to figure out the best placement. (Excuse the hose...I don't even bother putting it away anymore...drives my husband crazy!)
prairiemoon2 z6b MA
3 years ago
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Really a nice arch and it has lights on it too. Someone placed the steps and the arch in a great spot, framing that very good looking tree, too.

We seem to be leaving our hose out a lot lately. We were very lucky to walk into a nursery one Fall when they were having a sale and it was late just before they were closing for the season. They had two water powered hose reels marked down to about $40. each. We didn't even know there was such a thing. We still have one operating in the front but the backyard one stopped working and was not fixable. So since then we haven't replaced it yet. I can't find the same brand and model. And they cost over $100. each now. They are an excellent way to manage a hose though.
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lovemycorgi z5b SE michigan
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Wow, that's a great deal! We have the manual crank kind but I have given up on using them.

The framed tree is a Norway maple. I joked to my husband that we didn't need to buy a patio umbrella, we could've just moved our patio set under that tree for shade!

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