On Oct 22, 6:33*am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 10/21/09 9:54 PM, in article
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"mleblanca" wrote:
On Oct 14, 11:22 am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Today, as I was cutting through the garden center, as there is never a check
out line there on weekdays, the announcement that all plants were 75% was
made. Left with Huechera Miracle and a white eyes buddlia....for about $6

Cheryl

Hi Cheryl and Eva
I wish our Lowes's would have a 75% off sale, Maybe they never do that
because we can
plant just about any time of the year!

Snicker - I'll bet if you take time to befriend the garden center manager,
you can purchase the "old stock" very cheaply.

I am also a Heuchera fan. I have a bunch of them:
H. micrantha, maxima, sanquinea.... the species that are native here
then I have Rosada * Wendy * *Canyon Duet * Curly Red *(Cultivars of
the species )
also Plum *Pudding, Amethyst Mist, Key Lime Pie, Creme Brulee, Saturn,
Harvest
Burgundy, and Hercules. *One called Snow Angel (I think) didn't like
it here and went
to Heuchera heaven.

I have to go see which ones still have tags and share a few names. I have
lots. I have a "snow" named one that is still doing fine.

Now have you seen the Heucherellas? *a hybrid of Heuchera and
Tiarella.
You've got to get started on those too, you know.
I only have 4 of them...........Dayglow Pink, Pink Pearls,
Quicksilver, Strike It Rich.

I don't really have a good spot for them - most of my shade is "dry shade".
Though I can easily water certain areas of it, I've mostly put the hostas
there.

Cheryl

oooh, but you can also plant this wonderful and easy to grow perennial
called Epimedium that adores dry shade and is easy to grow, has
beautiful flowers that look like minature columbine flowers and clumps
up nicely. It also has gorgeous fall colors and heart shaped leaves.
I have seen several kinds available at this nursery by the name of
Plant Delights (the catalog itself is worth getting in the mail. Its
hilarious and has some unusual plants. The prices seem a bit high but
when you consider the quality of plant and the availability, it makes
up for it. I have seen some of his hosta selections for less but not
sure as to the size from the other nurseries.

I went outside and looked at what I have as well. I moved back in the
spring and had everything in containers (that did quite nicely, in
fact the Heuchera's thrived like they LIKE containers!). Here's what
I have so far, and I don't think I will take them out of their holding
containers until next spring regardless of the fact that this is
perfect time for perennial planting. I need to prepare a bed for them
first. Not an easy task. Considering I have really nice soil here (as
compared to the clay that I had while I lived in east Tennessee) I
have to eliminate the crabgrass first and prepare the bed better. I
have several of these together in one pot which gives the pot a
textured look and is rather nice. Here's what I have (I had no idea I
had this many!)
most of them were listed as Dolce, so I won't put that in front of
every one. Key Lime pie, Creme de Menthe, Venus, Amethyst Mist,
Encore, Creme Brulee, a small Peach Melba, Purple petticoats, Mystery
that has spots on the very dark and rounded leaves, and Alabama
Sunrise tiarella foam flower. I also have a very very dark leafed
ajuga I can't seem to find the tag for in the pot it's planted in.
Those leaves are almost black they're so purple. While I was outside
doing the inventory of what I had, I had a thought, though. Why not
plant some small pieces of Creeping Jenny between the Heuchera's to
give a golden texture between the ruffles and textures of the leaves?
One of the things I did notice with Lowe's is that their Creeping
Jenny in their ground cover area are in little four inch pots that are
around $1.40 each, and it wouldn't take but a few to tuck in among the
Heuchera's. I'll have to save my change and get some as I've always
seen Creeping Jenny at Lowe's most of the time. Maybe even find some
reduced. And yes, I've asked several times a worker in the nursery
department of Lowe's if they'd reduce a plant late in the season (this
is how I managed to snap up some blooming shrubs I was desperate to
find on my wish list). Home Depot doesn't do that as easily. Lowe's
seems to have some sort of unwritten policy about their competition.
I do know about the "busted bags of anything is 50% off" rule with
Lowe's and asked about the ability for Depot to do the same, and got
lucky once. That was it. After that when I was looking for decent
bags of soil in broken or busted bags I was met with these "are you
nuts, lady???" looks, so I let it go and decided to continue this
practice where I knew it was store policy.

It's not raining yet, so I am going to take my few bags of bulbs
outside and tuck them into a few areas, and before I can plant them
into one bed, I have to remove crabgrass, so I will come back later.
Thanks for the wonderful garden chatting.
Eva Shovelful gardening in west Tennessee in zone 7b near the
Mississippi River