Comments on: Native Perennials and Annuals in My Garden http://native-wildlife-gardening.com/native-perennials-and-annuals-in-my-garden/ creating a habitat garden Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:40:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Karyl http://native-wildlife-gardening.com/native-perennials-and-annuals-in-my-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Karyl Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:19:13 +0000 http://native-wildlife-gardening.com/?p=2334#comment-141 It is a great climate here. I am in north Georgia so get mountain temperatures. I've always grown a lot of campanulas, they make great edging and just grow unattended. Both the spotted bee balm and agastache are slooow to germinate, be patient! They are worthwhile! It is a great climate here. I am in north Georgia so get mountain temperatures. I’ve always grown a lot of campanulas, they make great edging and just grow unattended. Both the spotted bee balm and agastache are slooow to germinate, be patient! They are worthwhile!

]]> By: Curtis http://native-wildlife-gardening.com/native-perennials-and-annuals-in-my-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Curtis Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:39:26 +0000 http://native-wildlife-gardening.com/?p=2334#comment-140 What a great mix of annuals and perennials. You are in a great location to grow plants from both the warmer and cooler climates. I have had a good experience with the Campanula americana - it grows just about anywhere and blooms for a long time, but maybe a little lanky. I will be trying the spotted bee balm and some agastache from seed this year for the first time. Hope you have lots of photos to share in a few months! What a great mix of annuals and perennials. You are in a great location to grow plants from both the warmer and cooler climates. I have had a good experience with the Campanula americana – it grows just about anywhere and blooms for a long time, but maybe a little lanky. I will be trying the spotted bee balm and some agastache from seed this year for the first time. Hope you have lots of photos to share in a few months!

]]> By: Karyl http://native-wildlife-gardening.com/native-perennials-and-annuals-in-my-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Karyl Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:52:21 +0000 http://native-wildlife-gardening.com/?p=2334#comment-138 Geum triflorum sprouted fine, just sporadic. Don't throw away cups you think aren't germinating. I did nothing special, just left seeds in fridge for a few weeks, winter sowed. Ignored completely. They planted out like they had not been moved & are growing. Plant in sun, they poof more! Poof is good. Vernonia and Agastache I adore. Grown before & planted a few here immediately just to have some because it's a need, not a want. Love spiky flowers! Geum triflorum sprouted fine, just sporadic. Don’t throw away cups you think aren’t germinating. I did nothing special, just left seeds in fridge for a few weeks, winter sowed. Ignored completely. They planted out like they had not been moved & are growing. Plant in sun, they poof more! Poof is good.

Vernonia and Agastache I adore. Grown before & planted a few here immediately just to have some because it’s a need, not a want. Love spiky flowers!

]]> By: Andrew http://native-wildlife-gardening.com/native-perennials-and-annuals-in-my-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Andrew Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:48:26 +0000 http://native-wildlife-gardening.com/?p=2334#comment-137 You're going to have an amazing garden, and you're going to love Vernonia and Agastache rupestris. Promise! Are you doing Geum triflorum from seed too? I'm going to try it from seed, but I'm skeptical. Thanks again for playing, I enjoyed and was amazed at the comprehensiveness of both your lists. You’re going to have an amazing garden, and you’re going to love Vernonia and Agastache rupestris. Promise! Are you doing Geum triflorum from seed too? I’m going to try it from seed, but I’m skeptical.

Thanks again for playing, I enjoyed and was amazed at the comprehensiveness of both your lists.

]]> By: Karyl http://native-wildlife-gardening.com/native-perennials-and-annuals-in-my-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Karyl Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:49:37 +0000 http://native-wildlife-gardening.com/?p=2334#comment-135 It's not my photo! I got it from wikimedia since I didn't have any current blooms. I am particularly fond of spotted bee balm. Kimberly, the natives are truly so much easier. Only problems I have are aliens - I bet they go over the next few seasons. I don't like to work in a garden, I like to putter. Carole - house next to me is for sale. Lovely wooded lot, creek nearby. Come on down! No more zone envy! We have insane numbers of hummingbirds. Plus I'd like to see the English ivy off the gorgeous oaks on that property. Soon. :) It’s not my photo! I got it from wikimedia since I didn’t have any current blooms. I am particularly fond of spotted bee balm.

Kimberly, the natives are truly so much easier. Only problems I have are aliens – I bet they go over the next few seasons. I don’t like to work in a garden, I like to putter.

Carole – house next to me is for sale. Lovely wooded lot, creek nearby. Come on down! No more zone envy! We have insane numbers of hummingbirds. Plus I’d like to see the English ivy off the gorgeous oaks on that property. Soon. :)

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