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Apr 11, 2008 | 10:32 AM PST
Tag: pensimmon
Flower Show is in town this weekend! Me & my girlfriend went this morning and had a good time. I got another african blue basil, a hollyhock, lambs ear, a white salvia(dont know the name) and a blanket flower. Oh and 2 flags, can you believe there was a vendor selling them for $5 apiece? I got a city of lyons clematis at Wallyworld, also.
I spent yesterday morning cleaning a bed by my house. It had landscape fabric in it and it had to go. Now I can pull out some daylillies and plant some butterfly-attracting plants there. Started a few more seeds yesterday , too. Does anyone grow pensimmon? I saw it at the show and it was lovely, but I need to know if it has a long bloom time. I like flowers that bloom more than 5 minutes.
Several stands of lantana are starting to put up green shoots. Lantana is one of my favorite plants. Some of my herbs are making nice little mounds, too.
The garden is calling.........talk to yall later.
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Apr 11, 2008 | 5:01 PM PST
Hi there, Penstemon is a plant I have had in the past and was disappointed in it. Makes a nice mounded apearance but the flower to me at least, is not very showy. Comes up on a long stem out of the mound, pretty but not very showy. Linda B |
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Apr 11, 2008 | 7:12 PM PST
Oh what fun. Just wish I had some friends that cared about gardening. They all seem to have other hobbies. You really racked up at the show! |
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Apr 11, 2008 | 9:09 PM PST
Bummer you didn't have a great experience w/this plant Yardgranny. Penstemons do really well in the PNW. Years ago I had a butterfly/hummingbird garden with Lantana & many different Penstemons. I would trim the first flush of growth to encourage more blooms and they were colorful throughout the season.~Andrea |
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Apr 12, 2008 | 9:12 AM PST
There's about a zillion different kinds of penstimons, isn't there? Was that sentence completely grammatically incorrect? *rolleyes* Anyway some are pretty plain and others are, well, plain pretty. |
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Apr 12, 2008 | 9:49 AM PST
I've never had a penstemon. My lantana is not showing any signs of growth. I hope that it hasn't succumbed. |
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