Miscellaneous updates....wintersowing has produced
one sucessful seedling thus far, with more to come, I hope! This is
impatiens balfourii, which is a white-and-purple flowering version of jewelweed or spotted touch-me-not. Hummingbirds and I really love this plant, both for the pretty flowers and cool "spring-loaded" seed pods. I had a heck of a time getting regular jewelweed established, but once you have it, you
have it-it reseeds very profusely. So I have hope for my little friends here.
As for my
hardiness test ...well, this planter doesn't look so hot. I won't give up yet though...
...because these little pots on the fence are showing signs of life-
cool!
So maybe these sedums are as tough as I thought!
One more thing....I think my yellow-leaved elderberry,
sambucus racemosa Plumosa Aurea will have berries this year...hooray!
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Oh, sambucus. I have Sambucus mexicana (a blue elder native in western states) in my garden. I only put it in last summer/fall and it died to the ground. It's been coming up slowly for several weeks now. Finally, yesterday, it's taller than the *strawberries* growing around it. Sigh. Must just need the ground to warm up a bit before it bothers growing, huh? I have high hopes for this sambucus.
Huh...seems odd to me that a western variety of something would die back like that for you. Does it produce berries? Hope it comes up well this year, I'd love to see what it looks like!
It's new--just put it in from a 5" pot last summer/fall. When I say it died back, I meant all five inches of it died back.
It does produce berries--delicious blue ones.
Or, rather, it *will* produce berries. Next year, perhaps.
Cool...hope to see some pics!
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