tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11489642.post4958933016641488983..comments2024-03-07T03:36:23.060-05:00Comments on Old Country Gardens: Foliage FoesMelanie Chopayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985844123815086844noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11489642.post-68186596237102843802008-02-14T07:28:00.000-05:002008-02-14T07:28:00.000-05:00I grow Salvia argentea every year from seed so I c...I grow Salvia argentea every year from seed so I can have it in a few different places (my garden is 7+ acres). I have decided that it's like some of the cactus or agaves and can take the cold but not the dampness along with the cold in the winter. This year I've tried my cactus trick and put an old aquarium over one as a sort of dry greenhouse and we'll see how that works. Our local pet shop saves cracked ones for us to use in the garden. <BR/>So glad you're writing again. What a treat when I checked this morning and found all of these wonderful pictures and ideas.Hoot Owl Hollow Nurseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041487294520425396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11489642.post-39053324936855744812008-02-10T20:12:00.000-05:002008-02-10T20:12:00.000-05:00I've grown Salvia argentea several times, Melanie,...I've grown Salvia argentea several times, Melanie, and it is variously listed as a biennial or short-lived perennial. I get it to overwinter no problem despite our weather--the part of the bed where it is is reasonably welldrained--but once it flowers it's done, and I haven't had seedlings from it. So I just buy it every year or so when I see it, because it's so striking. Grey foliaged plants are lovely to me, another neutral sort of plant.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11489642.post-84522818886597084772008-02-10T10:06:00.000-05:002008-02-10T10:06:00.000-05:00Oh happy morning. How nice to log on and find comm...Oh happy morning. How nice to log on and find comments waiting for me :-)<BR/><BR/>I kind of guessed that salvia would be hard to grow since I visit lots and lots of gardens and never see it anywhere. To me, that's the final judge, if something grows well you'll find it in other gardens.<BR/><BR/>Brunnera are a big favorite here but I haven't found a photo yet of them that I like. Pulmonaria too but I always seem to try to take a photo of the flowers and just haven't figured them out yet.Melanie Chopayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985844123815086844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11489642.post-30117979425097301452008-02-10T07:55:00.000-05:002008-02-10T07:55:00.000-05:00Hi MelanieI'm enjoying this thread with foliage in...Hi Melanie<BR/>I'm enjoying this thread with foliage information. I have been lucky for the most part and not had too many invasive bullies. I did plant Limelight Artemisia one year .. thought it was great .. next year how it got to the other side of the garden I have no idea .. went on a pullout mission ..and regretted not keeping one that I could control. We learn all sorts of things from mistakes ! haha<BR/>My favorite .. Jack Frost Brunnera .. I haven't even seen those sweet blue flowers in Spring yet .. I just fell in love with it's foliage !<BR/>JoyCanadianGardenJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11489642.post-80940301529014759842008-02-10T01:07:00.000-05:002008-02-10T01:07:00.000-05:00I just went back to one of your old posts and read...I just went back to one of your old posts and read about Calie. What a wonderful dog she is - she is adorable too!! <BR/><BR/>I have tried Salvia argentea, but not in this garden. Mine rotted in the centre and I didn't replace it. I lived in a hot, humid summer climate then which is quite different from my current dry one. (I liked the look of the leaves and was sad when it died out). <BR/><BR/>My parents have a spot where goutweed looks great. It fights with a Virginia Creeper in an enclosed space. I wouldn't plant it anywhere in my garden though, for fear it would overtake my garden. <BR/><BR/>I have a major dislike of Chinese Lanterns after they spread like wildfire through a garden bed. It took several years to eradicate them. <BR/><BR/>I'm with you on this particular Ligularia - I don't like the yellow spots. They look really odd.katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03979577122006222781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11489642.post-13977922229953567112008-02-10T00:31:00.000-05:002008-02-10T00:31:00.000-05:00Melanie--I've never seen spotted begonia--that was...Melanie--I've never seen spotted begonia--that was neat. I can always count on begonias in my garden. That large leafed salvia you have shown above drove us nuts at the nursery we worked at. I can't think of it's common name--is it hobbit's foot? Anyway---it never liked any condition we grew it in. It is so temperamental. My favotire silver leaf plant in the garden is Wormwood--a type of artemesia. Love your pics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com