"Ann" wrote in message
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"madgardener" expounded:

There are SOME perennials that like it rich. Sedums(some), blooming
bushes,
hosta's, bulbs, daylilies,apparently Soladago does, and so does purple
Loosestrife and Gooseneck loosestrife, and ground covers.......but the
rest
of them, the composites and sages and bee balm and such grow prone in
rich
soil. I can't tell you the plants I've lost due to rich soils.........but
then, it could just be ME.............

Nah, it isn't just you, Mad, I've got the same problem. My verbascums
re laying right now all over the grass, the stems are too floppy (and
tall) to stand upright. I've got to remember, compost only, no
fertilizer!!


Do you suppose that is the problem with my alchemilla? It always flops when
it flowers, but that's how I have seen it in display gardens also. I would
gladly not fertilize it if it would help keep it upright.