tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024382604105375596.post92143273980900381..comments2024-03-27T10:07:19.098-06:00Comments on The Home Bug Garden: Goodbye to old favourites, native and alien: Winter Kill 2008-9HomeBugGardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11845748276844681280noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024382604105375596.post-63001099197512987792009-06-22T00:08:40.372-06:002009-06-22T00:08:40.372-06:00Oh, I think my heart would be broken at such losse...Oh, I think my heart would be broken at such losses. I hope that was only a small percentage of your overall garden plants. <br /><br />Sheesh, I forgot how harsh this past winter was.<br /><br />Let's hope for more rain and a soft and lovely autumn. :)Northern Beauty Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805215769692200647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024382604105375596.post-24931627147173646212009-06-21T14:28:31.528-06:002009-06-21T14:28:31.528-06:00Hi Adrian,
I don't want to give any commercia...Hi Adrian,<br /><br />I don't want to give any commercial endorsements at the HBG, but if you think of a Confederate general who rode a horse named Traveller and a San Fernando Mall-inhabiting Girl, then I think you can guess the source of the yuppie-priced rain gauge. I love it, but the only way I could rationalize the price was as a gift for Heather.<br /><br />The Doppleganger Coneflower is the only Echinacea that hasn’t come back – two Echinacea purpurea ‘Ruby Star’ and four with unknown breeding raised from seed and put into fairly stressful locations have all survived. The Doppleganger had a second whorl of ray flowers in the middle of the cone – one of those mutants that practically SCREAMS ‘just because you can breed it doesn’t mean you should’. It seemed to agree with this sentiment, since the extra whorl of ray flowers never reappeared after the first year and it steadily declined.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />HBGHomeBugGardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11845748276844681280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024382604105375596.post-57258201902875800422009-06-21T12:59:20.477-06:002009-06-21T12:59:20.477-06:00I don't think we achieved your 11.28mm of rain...I don't think we achieved your 11.28mm of rain here on the north side - but I could be wrong as my rain gauage is a bird bath, and the Robins will splash things about...<br /><br /> I'll have to get a digital one as well. Wireless, is it?<br /><br />I have not managed very well with the Echinacea either, which is a disapointment. The Brunnera's rarely seem to last longer than two years. My Joe Pye is coming back slow, but fairly complete.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com