tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post2291384774042199143..comments2024-02-28T17:42:05.365-05:00Comments on Outside Clyde: On A Cold Wet DayChristopher C. NChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-16944810724667645012021-05-15T19:42:26.838-05:002021-05-15T19:42:26.838-05:00Promises, promises. As you might imagine I have th...Promises, promises. As you might imagine I have the room for aggressive spreading plants. That is what I read about the Plume Poppy, Macleaya cordata. Fine no problem. Well it does survive and spread slowly up here, but is rather meek and half the height and leaf size advertised. I moved some starts to new locations. Nothing happened. At this point it is still classified as a bit of a failure.Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-35024571656250285112021-05-15T17:33:30.041-05:002021-05-15T17:33:30.041-05:00oh my gosh, me too ! i have my first acanthus bloo...oh my gosh, me too ! i have my first acanthus bloom this year after 6 years of waiting. I am thrilled. i have had a very love hate relationship with it. I heard the horror stories that it takes over so i put it in a poor soil area clay pit and it grows so slow , probably too slow. One time i cut it out and put it in a pot (old tin) and it died. digging it out the roots were incredible like a hugeFIGGYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09833445142463582647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-51683942332510510912021-05-15T07:27:19.951-05:002021-05-15T07:27:19.951-05:00Thanks for the offer Gypsy. I do appreciate it. Na...Thanks for the offer Gypsy. I do appreciate it. Nature very much has veto power over what will grow here and I have learned to accept that. The unique conditions of the elevation of the Southern Appalachians is a huge factor in that. I have a big zip lock bag full of the plant tags of the departed. I keep trying new things. Now they lean heavily in the native direction and that is not always Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-32956881167219075122021-05-14T13:03:56.098-05:002021-05-14T13:03:56.098-05:00Hi Christopher: I thought you probably had tried,...Hi Christopher: I thought you probably had tried, but I don't like to make assumptions and that's partially why I posed the question. The seeds are available if you change your mind. GypsyGypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442223854564438026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-89689002574758766442021-05-13T16:55:03.817-05:002021-05-13T16:55:03.817-05:00Gypsy of course I tried Acanthus. Several. Needles...Gypsy of course I tried Acanthus. Several. Needless to say I was most disappointed. The only option left was the thorny Acanthus spinosus which was maybe more cold hardy, but I don't do thorns and never came across any of that species. I even have trouble growing ornamental rhubarb because it so often gets the new growth frozen in the spring.Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-53408091485169379842021-05-13T08:55:23.162-05:002021-05-13T08:55:23.162-05:00Hello Chrisopher: Yes, yesterday was a chilly and...Hello Chrisopher: Yes, yesterday was a chilly and wet one here too. It called for a fire in the fireplace! During a stroll through my garden between rain showers to check newly planted Zinnias, I discovered my Acanthus had two flower stalks (fourth year of growth). You can imagine my joy. So I was wondering. You’ve said you wish you could grow Acanthus. Have you ever tried? The reason I Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442223854564438026noreply@blogger.com