tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25658935.post4695229028088600856..comments2024-03-13T16:44:31.357-04:00Comments on The Vermont Gardener: Cimicifugas Became Acteasvermontflowerfarm@outlook.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03923885023694355932noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25658935.post-1690918357727782852008-04-04T12:57:00.000-04:002008-04-04T12:57:00.000-04:00Sadly we've had to care for my mother who has Alzh...Sadly we've had to care for my mother who has Alzheimer's so I can commiserate with your situation. Contingency plans are good as they become a necessity when life throws you a curve.<BR/><BR/>I thought cimicifugas were plentiful and easily obtained but apparently not so. We bought ours at a now defunct nursery where the owner grew almost all the plants he sold. I was surprised to find them listed in the Reserved Access section of the J.L. Hudson seed online catalog. This is their explanation: "Two types are reserved-access: rare, threatened, or endangered species, and seeds with prolonged, irregular, uncertain, or exacting germination requirements. To insure they reach experienced, qualified propagators, and to weed out "consumer-types", we reserve access to these seeds to those who:..." <BR/><BR/>Only after 5 years in ground did our plant produce a large flower spike with two smaller offshoots and a large seedhead in fall.Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25658935.post-19357203915294826132008-04-03T09:36:00.000-04:002008-04-03T09:36:00.000-04:00Sorry, this was another comment, I can not underst...Sorry, this was another comment, I can not understand how it has got here:(<BR/>Thank you for visiting my blog. I was reading yours and lots of things came up familiar to me- like snow, strong wind.I live on a peninsula, just in the middle of it, sea on the 2 sides. And if its not blowing from one side, it´s blowing from another. That´s why I have to keep to juniperus, rosa rugosa- plants, that are natural to my area. But I do love tropics! Cannas, bananas, palm trees- I have also those every summer in my garden, but it´s quite a hard job. By the way, I moved my trachycarpus fortunei outside already, inspide of cold nights!<BR/>George, hard times are always followed by good ones, so I wish you and your family a nice spring!<BR/>Mari, GardenJournalist from EstoniaMarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14351417473343841793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25658935.post-63478114349658054322008-04-03T09:30:00.000-04:002008-04-03T09:30:00.000-04:00Gorgeous pictures! I have been there, but muy pict...Gorgeous pictures! I have been there, but muy pictures were not so good:DMarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14351417473343841793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25658935.post-68046731951425214282008-03-31T10:15:00.000-04:002008-03-31T10:15:00.000-04:00George, I am so sorry for your mother in law's sit...George, I am so sorry for your mother in law's situation and the trying times for your wife and the rest of your family. We wish you all the strength to cope as best you can. The name changes of plants are exasperating to me, I have enough trouble just learning the names at all, then they get changed. We purchased a cimi last fall and placed it on the shady side of our hill, not the constant moisture they need, I know, but a place that needed a taller reddish foliage. It has returned after the winter and looks healthy enough. It won't reach ten feet tall, but that is probably a good thing. We are thinking of you.<BR/>FrancesFrances,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03616568389165362993noreply@blogger.com