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Jan 26, 2016 6:12 PM CST
Name: Mary Stella
Chester, VA (Zone 7b)
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Garden Ideas: Level 2
I am eyeballing a bed on a slight slope, very small only about 6' x 4' but seems like it would lend itself to a rock garden. Full sun. I have been paying close attention to the inventory in the Alaska Botanical Garden rock garden. What grows there should grow for me. I also sent for some plants from the Tree Farm in Tennessee. They seem to carry a lot of plants that do well here like Black Cohosh, Astilbe, Carpatica, etc. I have had pulsatilla twice now. One lasted three years and was really getting bigger then a few springs ago it simply died. No luck getting one to grow again. Will try in the new rock garden when I get the soil amended and rocks etc set out. I am thinking of just scraping the top 6" or so off, mixing up soil in the proper proportions and materials then replacing it.

I also got some meconopsis seeds and will try again to grow some new ones from seed. I have a couple of blue ones Lingholm and the other Betinicofolia (spelling) but wanted the purple and yellow also. The little Welsh poppies are also related and are so pretty. Seeds are in damp paper towels in baggies in the fridge for four weeks. Then pressed into damp soil in WS type containers. They can take up to 3 months to germinate.
From -60 Alaska to +100 Virginia. Wahoo

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