tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357865578794109155.post6909707149598558835..comments2024-01-20T13:05:05.298+01:00Comments on The trouble with truffles.......: Looking For CluesRob (ourfrenchgarden)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05087218232138304239noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357865578794109155.post-23018365923042681792011-05-19T00:01:25.555+02:002011-05-19T00:01:25.555+02:00Everything looks like it is growing at the right r...Everything looks like it is growing at the right rate. Here we started with rain, then hot temps, now it is cold and windy, tomorrow hot again. It is a wonder how plants know what to do! I went to the place where I purchase plants and picked up pennisetum. I wasn't sure what it would do so I'll have to look it up, but it is suppose to grow in our zone. I hope so I've been getting my new garden house flower bed ready.*Ulrike*https://www.blogger.com/profile/15640965012612927392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357865578794109155.post-79492388998764409362011-05-18T02:59:47.837+02:002011-05-18T02:59:47.837+02:00Thank you for sharing your pretty garden. The gra...Thank you for sharing your pretty garden. The grasses late to emerge are classic "warm season" grasses, usually from winter-frigid places in the USA. They've figured out they sometimes get frosted in their homeland when they wake up too early.<br /><br />Coreopsis 'Limerock Ruby' is notorious and infamous here in the States for being very tender, really behaving like an annual in places that get a whiff of freeze in winter. There was definitely some unscrupulous marketing going on when this plant was introduced as a hardy perennial.<br /><br />Part of the issue is that the formerly annual Calliopsis is now classified as a Coreopsis, and breeders have been using Calliopsis to intoduce unheard of colors into Coreopsis: salmon, peach, mahogany, red. At least here, marketers are trying to be more honest about the plants. The better nurseries are listing the tender ones as "annual" Coreopsis. The plants are gorgeous, but the price for one annual plant is a bit outrageous. Doing some research on the new Coreopsis coming out is necessary today, but there are some amazing annual and perennial ones now.<br /><br />On the other hand, you can still have old-fashioned fun with annual Coreopsis by growing them cheaply from seed. Just look for seed of Coreopsis tinctoria or Calliopsis tinctoria, depending which name is being used by the seed vendor. Thanks again. KMHomaskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608397400233453846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357865578794109155.post-42638947756628978252011-04-15T12:06:14.707+02:002011-04-15T12:06:14.707+02:00I've got way too many seedlings too Rob! I'...I've got way too many seedlings too Rob! I'm also doing grasses this year for a very dry but sunny bed near the house.<br /><br />Just out of curiosity, how's your petanque court coming on and did your spanish tiles ever turn up?!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357865578794109155.post-26491520324859447272011-04-13T21:29:15.504+02:002011-04-13T21:29:15.504+02:00Those glads should look a treat Rob later this yea...Those glads should look a treat Rob later this year ~ well worth the effort of putting them in. I thought that grey squirrels were troublesome enough but wild boar must take the biscuit. That growing too many more seedlings than you actually need is a factor that a lot of us have in common. Would be happy to do some swaps if you were nearer :) Brilliant word verification for a visit to your blog- i.e. phrance !Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357865578794109155.post-54531386844313556082011-04-13T16:06:08.054+02:002011-04-13T16:06:08.054+02:00Maybe a little slow but your garden is looking goo...Maybe a little slow but your garden is looking good to me. DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357865578794109155.post-18566093362447633082011-04-13T05:50:45.969+02:002011-04-13T05:50:45.969+02:00Hi Rob, just stopping by to see what you've go...Hi Rob, just stopping by to see what you've got planned for this year. I didn't do grasses this year because they are so invasive in my gardens even if they say not. They take over. I hope you don't get a frost--and I hope we don't either cause my annuals are already in the ground.Anna/Flowergardengirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971296678810885112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357865578794109155.post-31467228432103194052011-04-12T20:13:51.160+02:002011-04-12T20:13:51.160+02:00Yes weird here too Rob, some things (like the Dand...Yes weird here too Rob, some things (like the Dandelions) so quick, other things slow. Love your crane by the way.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357865578794109155.post-57547887126052255422011-04-12T17:50:41.628+02:002011-04-12T17:50:41.628+02:00Beautiful, again.
One correction though. Industr...Beautiful, again.<br /><br />One correction though. Industrial rotivators churn up turf with the efficiency of hungry wild boars. You had that one backwards.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16171802310115844104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357865578794109155.post-24676167818548377872011-04-12T16:09:13.464+02:002011-04-12T16:09:13.464+02:00Your newly emerged plants and seedlings look fanta...Your newly emerged plants and seedlings look fantastic. My Pennisetum and Panicum are always slow too. <br /><br />I've never tried one of the rubra Coreopsis but 'Zagreb' lasted for many years.sweetbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248743114944736346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357865578794109155.post-1064759286543189512011-04-12T15:25:17.755+02:002011-04-12T15:25:17.755+02:00It looks like everything is coming along nicely. I...It looks like everything is coming along nicely. I've never had success with coreopsis surviving year to year. I think the ground just gets too wet here in the winter and they don't like that.Phillip Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546160918395373740noreply@blogger.com