religionwriter on thu 5 oct 06

I bought 2 dime phormium. One has new growth but one looks wet along
the base. Should I pull it, do you think? I'm wondering about root
rot. The other looked bad a long time but now has new shoots of grass
coming up?

Any special care required over winter for a clump of Elijah Blue
Fescue? It looks good.

Clare

frank lawrence on thu 5 oct 06

Sounds like crown rot and your fescue willneed excellent drainage over the winter, otherwise it should be fine.

religionwriter wrote: I bought 2 dime phormium. One has new growth but one looks wet along
the base. Should I pull it, do you think? I'm wondering about root
rot. The other looked bad a long time but now has new shoots of grass
coming up?

Any special care required over winter for a clump of Elijah Blue
Fescue? It looks good.

Clare

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Clare Scifi on thu 5 oct 06

Should I pull the wet one or leave it in the ground and hope a few new shoots might still emerge, similar to the chocolate chip ajuga? I'm not sure I really planted them as deeply as the instructions said I should. Do you think I should mulch them?

frank lawrence wrote: Sounds like crown rot and your fescue willneed excellent drainage over the winter, otherwise it should be fine.

religionwriter wrote: I bought 2 dime phormium. One has new growth but one looks wet along
the base. Should I pull it, do you think? I'm wondering about root
rot. The other looked bad a long time but now has new shoots of grass
coming up?

Any special care required over winter for a clump of Elijah Blue
Fescue? It looks good.

Clare

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Clare Scifi on thu 5 oct 06

Really? I'm glad I'm finding out now, because I would have been so sad next spring, to find it had died. The tag says it is hard to 17 below and lists it as a perennial. Why do they sell things listed as a perennial where they are not?

Is the Elijah Blue Fescue not hardy to my area either?

frank lawrence wrote:
Phormium is not hardy to your area and will die over winter in your area anyways. The Ajuga is hardy to zone 4 and should be fine but it can be late to emerge in spring, so keep that in mind.

Clare Scifi wrote: Should I pull the wet one or leave it in the ground and hope a few new shoots might still emerge, similar to the chocolate chip ajuga? I'm not sure I really planted them as deeply as the instructions said I should. Do you think I should mulch them?

frank lawrence wrote: Sounds like crown rot and your fescue willneed excellent drainage over the winter, otherwise it should be fine.

religionwriter wrote: I bought 2 dime phormium. One has new growth but one looks wet along
the base. Should I pull it, do you think? I'm wondering about root
rot. The other looked bad a long time but now has new shoots of grass
coming up?

Any special care required over winter for a clump of Elijah Blue
Fescue? It looks good.

Clare

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frank lawrence on thu 5 oct 06

The fescue should be fine. Just keep in mind that a perennial in Alabama is not necassarily a perennial in Minnesota.

Clare Scifi wrote: Really? I'm glad I'm finding out now, because I would have been so sad next spring, to find it had died. The tag says it is hard to 17 below and lists it as a perennial. Why do they sell things listed as a perennial where they are not?

Is the Elijah Blue Fescue not hardy to my area either?

frank lawrence wrote:
Phormium is not hardy to your area and will die over winter in your area anyways. The Ajuga is hardy to zone 4 and should be fine but it can be late to emerge in spring, so keep that in mind.

Clare Scifi wrote: Should I pull the wet one or leave it in the ground and hope a few new shoots might still emerge, similar to the chocolate chip ajuga? I'm not sure I really planted them as deeply as the instructions said I should. Do you think I should mulch them?

frank lawrence wrote: Sounds like crown rot and your fescue willneed excellent drainage over the winter, otherwise it should be fine.

religionwriter wrote: I bought 2 dime phormium. One has new growth but one looks wet along
the base. Should I pull it, do you think? I'm wondering about root
rot. The other looked bad a long time but now has new shoots of grass
coming up?

Any special care required over winter for a clump of Elijah Blue
Fescue? It looks good.

Clare

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