tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25658935.post396462128198328166..comments2024-03-26T03:16:44.454-04:00Comments on The Vermont Gardener: Astilbes in Vermontvermontflowerfarm@outlook.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03923885023694355932noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25658935.post-5088540420312622832007-12-09T17:54:00.000-05:002007-12-09T17:54:00.000-05:00Hello xris;20 years ago, 15 varieties was an impre...Hello xris;<BR/><BR/>20 years ago, 15 varieties was an impressive collection....actually it still is! It would be interesting to look at the hybrids that are no doubt growing around that collection now. The offspring from my first picture includes a lot of pinks but also some very quick growers with good scapes. I just never seem to have the time to separate them out and grow them on. <BR/><BR/>Georgevermontflowerfarm@outlook.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03923885023694355932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25658935.post-86498952667743293262007-12-06T20:21:00.000-05:002007-12-06T20:21:00.000-05:00I love Astilbes. I don't have enough of them in my...I love <I>Astilbes</I>. I don't have enough of them in my current garden.<BR/><BR/>In the shade garden I had in the East Village, 20-25 years ago, I had something like 15 different varieties. By selecting for earliest and latest bloom times, I had a four months of bloom from them.Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08467595231097695124noreply@blogger.com