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Mar 26, 2012 8:53 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Michele Roth
N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and F (Zone 9b)
I'm always on my way out the door..

After three years of waiting and wishing, I finally have a bloom stalk on my bergenia. The buds haven't opened yet, and we're likely to fall to, or below 30 degrees overnight. I know that the plant itself is hardy, but should I cover the bloom stalk, or will it be okay?

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| @chelle | Post #232602 (1)

Mar 26, 2012 9:36 AM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

They are supposed to be hardy to zone 3. On DG a lady from Alaska said her's starts blooming when the snow is still on ground, kind of reminds me of a Helleborus.

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

| @virginiarose | Post #232610 (2)

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Mar 26, 2012 10:04 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Michele Roth
N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and F (Zone 9b)
I'm always on my way out the door..

Wonderful!

I guess I won't fuss with it overmuch.

Thanks, Susan.

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| @chelle | Post #232624 (3)

Mar 26, 2012 10:19 AM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

Thank you! Now I want one. Please post some pics.

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

| @virginiarose | Post #232630 (4)

Mar 26, 2012 11:33 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Michele Roth
N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and F (Zone 9b)
I'm always on my way out the door..

It's not terribly attractive yet, but like I mentioned before, the wait to see it (at all) has been a fairly long one.

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| @chelle | Post #232683 (5)

Mar 26, 2012 12:01 PM CST

Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)

I garden for the pollinators.

| @SongofJoy | Post #232705 (6)

Mar 26, 2012 12:50 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Michele Roth
N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and F (Zone 9b)
I'm always on my way out the door..

Tee, I almost fell over in shock when I noticed that bloom stalk!!

I'd pretty much decided to get rid of it if it didn't bloom this year...

and here it is!

Sometimes threats work, I think.

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| @chelle | Post #232736 (7)

Mar 26, 2012 12:56 PM CST

Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)

Yes, I think so too.

It sure is a pretty little thing. Looking forward to seeing it bloom.

I just broke off one of the shoots on a peony ... Grrrrr ... couldn't see it for all the chickweed. Well, there are still two or three others. I think I did the same thing last year.

I garden for the pollinators.

| @SongofJoy | Post #232739 (8)

Last edited by SongofJoy Mar 26, 2012 1:04 PM

Mar 26, 2012 1:35 PM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

Nice plant chelle, I wasn't too happy about having to wait that long for a bloom but the lady on DG said she has some growing under her Birch trees and I was like

I cannot find anything to grow there unless I bury pots, mostly hostas but even though the shade is good the ground is bone dry and the hostas don't like that. Sooooo these might be a good solution for me, I found a company that sells them for 5.00, top5-watchdog , probably small but least I can afford a few to plant there.
http://www.sweetnectarnursery....

Tee, wow you already have a shoot, mine barely breaking ground.

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

| @virginiarose | Post #232770 (9)

Mar 26, 2012 1:36 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Michele Roth
N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and F (Zone 9b)
I'm always on my way out the door..

[Referencing Songofjoy's post]

Rats!

Hate it when that happens.

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| @chelle | Post #232772 (10)

Last edited by chelle Mar 26, 2012 1:37 PM

Mar 26, 2012 1:39 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Michele Roth
N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and F (Zone 9b)
I'm always on my way out the door..

Susan, mine was a good sized set of plants. Perhaps smaller ones will establish faster.

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| @chelle | Post #232773 (11)

Mar 26, 2012 1:43 PM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

| @virginiarose | Post #232781 (12)

Mar 26, 2012 2:24 PM CST

Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)

I have several large shoots on the peony ... and the one I stuck in a pot is about a foot or more tall with lots of leaves already.

I garden for the pollinators.

| @SongofJoy | Post #232805 (13)

Mar 26, 2012 3:05 PM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

Wow.

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

| @virginiarose | Post #232816 (14)

springcolor

Mar 26, 2012 7:13 PM CST

Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)

'Appleblossom'

I'v had this one for 2 or three years. Going to put on a show this year.
Susan are you interested in one? send me some mail.

Sempervivum for Sale

| @springcolor | Post #232918 (15)

Mar 27, 2012 6:09 AM CST

Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)

Prettimous. Very prettymous.

I garden for the pollinators.

| @SongofJoy | Post #233003 (16)