This thread is in reply to a blog post by gardengus entitled "May's bloom a Day Pt 2".
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May 17, 2016 7:56 AM CST
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Name: Annie
Waynesboro, PA (Zone 6a)
Cat Lover Region: Pennsylvania Keeper of Poultry
That's really pretty, all I have is the blue variety. I'll have to see if I can find pink. PS: I read somewhere that a botanist said "magenta is the color of Eden" because most wild plants have pink/magenta flowers.
I am not "country" I am "landed gentry."
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May 17, 2016 11:52 AM CST
Name: Cinda
Indiana Zone 5b
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The pink has a different habit of growing . It doesn't form clumps like the others so I keep it in a pot.
It seems to shoot up starts 4-6 inches away from the other shoots , makes it hard to weed around .

Be glad to send some your way
May need to wait till finish blooming then cut back by half , it seems rather tall this year , I think due to so much rain.
I grow it in one of the other gardens I tend and it is in a hot dry area and never gets more than a foot.

Cinda
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May 18, 2016 6:25 AM CST
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Name: Annie
Waynesboro, PA (Zone 6a)
Cat Lover Region: Pennsylvania Keeper of Poultry
That is really interesting. I have a wild form of tradescantia (spiderwort) that comes up as an annual every year. Forms immense clumps of foliage and gets tiny bright blue flowers. It's very pretty but can be a bit overwhelming by the end of the summer
I am not "country" I am "landed gentry."
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