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Cheryl Isaak · 18-09-2010, 12:52 PM posted to rec.gardens

On 9/18/10 12:23 AM, in article
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"mleblanca" wrote:

On Sep 16, 5:07*am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 9/15/10 9:17 PM, in article
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"mleblanca" wrote:
On Sep 15, 6:33*am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
* * In the last few days, I've been finding some great sticky pots

Green Envy cone flower
Toad lily
A pale blue Siberian iris
A "ragged leaf" veronica

Cheryl

Oh Cheryl I know what you mean. *I went yesterday to buy a couple of
plants for the raffle at the first Fall Garden Club meeting. And here
is
what I found sticking to me.

Begonia sutherlandii
Fuchsia Gartenmeister
a six pack of Snapdragons
Sidalcea *Party Girl
4 Mums of assorted colors!
Oh and for the raffle: *a begonia and a white mum.

What fun!!!
Emilie
NorCal *nights: 50s, days mid 80s

I suspect more pots will stick to me today as I go out with a gardening
friend (and stitching friend too).
*I've had Party Girl a few times, doesn't like my yard much.

C

Yes I know. She doesn't stick around here for long either. She gets
partied
out, and off she goes. But I do like those little pink "hollyhock"
flowers.
The snaps are the same pink, and a deeper rose pink, and yellow. I
will
add some pansies/violas tomorrow. (but will I come out with only
those,
or will more sticky pots follow? Who knows!)

Fleece flower? Is that Persicaria? red ones sound pretty. They can
get
to be a little invasive here. Sunflowers are always great. Hope they
are
waiting there on Monday for you. Have fun with Hockey

Emilie
we may get a little rain this weekend (??)

Well, I don't really know what the fleece flower is, other than 4 feet tall
and a great color, but I'll look closely before it comes up. I don't want
another situation like I have now - garlic chives - which add a lovely white
flower this time of year and hundreds of millions of seedling. in the
spring. Runner invasions are more easily handled and can have wonderful side
benefits. A few years back, a friend gave me this wonderful purple leaved
"mad running plant" (his name). Loved the foliage, so I put it on the hill
of the septic system and let it go wild. Mass of great foliage, great yellow
spring blooms and no work to keep it contained. It doesn't like being mowed,
so it doesn't stay in the "lawn" when it creeps that way.

The "sunflower" is coming home no matter what. Also very tall, and it would
like hill worst comes to worst!

Cheryl