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Sep 17, 2016 7:48 AM CST
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Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cat Lover Heucheras Hellebores Container Gardener
Birds Region: New York Avid Green Pages Reviewer Irises Garden Ideas: Master Level Lilies
Make it Metrona. I have it in a couple of places. The beez are crazy for it and the color is great in front of darker plants.

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Sep 19, 2016 4:48 AM CST
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Name: Clint Brown
Medina, TN (Zone 7b)
Beekeeper Garden Art Hellebores Heucheras Hummingbirder Garden Procrastinator
Sedums Sempervivums Region: Tennessee Region: United States of America Ferns Echinacea
I agree. It's awesome. My mom has this one. The dried flowers even look good in the winter. They just last and last!
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Sep 19, 2016 5:23 AM CST
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Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cat Lover Heucheras Hellebores Container Gardener
Birds Region: New York Avid Green Pages Reviewer Irises Garden Ideas: Master Level Lilies
I especially like the dark stems.
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Sep 25, 2016 2:44 PM CST
Name: Yardenman
Maryland (Zone 7a)
I love my 3 Autumn Joys. Been there 20 years, dependable. pest-free. But time to divide them. I can't complain about them though.
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Sep 25, 2016 2:53 PM CST
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Name: Clint Brown
Medina, TN (Zone 7b)
Beekeeper Garden Art Hellebores Heucheras Hummingbirder Garden Procrastinator
Sedums Sempervivums Region: Tennessee Region: United States of America Ferns Echinacea
Sedum 'Frosty Morn' is one I love too.
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Sep 25, 2016 5:44 PM CST
Name: Arlene
Southold, Long Island, NY (Zone 7a)
Region: Ukraine Dahlias I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Houseplants Tomato Heads Garden Ideas: Level 1
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Agreed!
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Sep 26, 2016 2:46 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cat Lover Heucheras Hellebores Container Gardener
Birds Region: New York Avid Green Pages Reviewer Irises Garden Ideas: Master Level Lilies
Thanks everyone. I guess a fave is a fave.
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Sep 26, 2016 3:31 AM CST
Name: Gary
Wyoming MN (Zone 4a)
Autumn Joy is covered with honey bees. It is great to see both doing well here.
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Oct 5, 2016 8:53 PM CST
Name: Mary
Lake Stevens, WA (Zone 8a)
Near Seattle
Bookworm Garden Photography Region: Pacific Northwest Plays in the sandbox Seed Starter Plant and/or Seed Trader
Winter Sowing
Sedum 'Elsie's Gold' is my favorite. I now have a large patch, in mostly shade that used to be sun. It does not flop.


Here it is today in early October:
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Here it is in April, compact bun-like growth, terrific variegated foliage:

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Closeup last October:
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Oct 5, 2016 9:01 PM CST
Name: Mary
Lake Stevens, WA (Zone 8a)
Near Seattle
Bookworm Garden Photography Region: Pacific Northwest Plays in the sandbox Seed Starter Plant and/or Seed Trader
Winter Sowing
Here it is with Stachys 'Hummelo'
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And in August, the white buds look like white flowers!
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Oct 5, 2016 10:01 PM CST
Name: Laurie b
Western Washington (Zone 7b)
Houseplants Orchids Region: Pacific Northwest Region: Mexico Sedums Tropicals
I created a small garden path, just to my hose. This year I gave up on all the many ground covers I have tried, and used Sedum Alba. There is a little rock garden there now too. Every time I went to the nursery, grocery, or Big box store, I got a new ground cover sedum. It has just been so fun to play with all their colors and see what grows well.
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Oct 9, 2016 2:18 AM CST
Name: Yardenman
Maryland (Zone 7a)
I have to admit a preference for the 3' sedums. My Autumn Joys have thrived for 20 years without any care other than cutting out the previous year's flower stalks and I'm not sure they need that.

I will be dividing them and there are a few offshoots I can transplant this year. They may be the sturdiest and most dependable plants I have.


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Oct 9, 2016 2:29 AM CST
Name: Sue Taylor
Northumberland, UK
Amaryllis Region: United Kingdom Houseplants Frogs and Toads Foliage Fan I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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I have a nice pink one in my own very small garden which is very reliable and the bees love it, but if I had to choose one it would be this "Gooseberry Fool" that I saw at Newby Hall in the summer.
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Oct 9, 2016 7:46 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cat Lover Heucheras Hellebores Container Gardener
Birds Region: New York Avid Green Pages Reviewer Irises Garden Ideas: Master Level Lilies
I also prefer the tall ones. I have problems with the purples, they just do not live long.
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Oct 11, 2016 1:28 PM CST
Name: aud/odd
Pennsylvania (Zone 6b)
Garden Ideas: Level 1
Jo Ann, I started growing all the dark purples in afternoon shade. It seems black makes the sun to intense and that just cook them, especially if we have a very hot summer. It is like growing a plant in a black pot and it cooks he roots.
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Oct 12, 2016 6:07 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cat Lover Heucheras Hellebores Container Gardener
Birds Region: New York Avid Green Pages Reviewer Irises Garden Ideas: Master Level Lilies
Cinta, Good tip thanks.
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Oct 22, 2016 4:12 PM CST
Name: kathy
Michigan (Zone 4b)
near St. Clair MI
Cottage Gardener Dahlias Garden Art Heirlooms Lilies Organic Gardener
Zinnias
In fall they compliment any bouquets you can put together, but the bees sleep in the flower head and wake up in the warm house !
"Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing." Shakespeare
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Oct 24, 2016 6:31 AM CST
Name: Cinda
Indiana Zone 5b
Dances with Dirt
Beekeeper Bee Lover Overwinters Tender Plants Indoors Cottage Gardener Herbs Wild Plant Hunter
Hummingbirder Butterflies Birds Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Organic Gardener Vegetable Grower
I agree sleepy bees are a problem this time of year . I had to re-home a couple from dahlias I brought in yesterday.
..a balanced life is worth pursuit.
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