tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13309574.post111825863262547123..comments2023-10-06T04:48:26.249-05:00Comments on The Obsessive Gardener: ColumbineSylvanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13186604429680496847noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13309574.post-1121737362632444542005-07-18T20:42:00.000-05:002005-07-18T20:42:00.000-05:00Jenn- I am beginning to understand that they don't...Jenn- I am beginning to understand that they don't stick around too long. I don't like it when they label plants as perennial knowing full well they only last two years! My Early Sunrise coreopsis is the same way.Sylvanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186604429680496847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13309574.post-1121647029517236422005-07-17T19:37:00.000-05:002005-07-17T19:37:00.000-05:00They really aren't all that hard to start from see...They really aren't all that hard to start from seed. I'd forget the package directions and directly sow in the garden in spring. <BR/><BR/>You might wait for the next year to get flowers, but you will have a lot more plants... Also, see if you can get fresh seed from someone, you'll have better success.<BR/><BR/>And finally, I find the columbine to be a fairly short lived plant. I let them reseed to keep them in my garden.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15597630887713954960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13309574.post-1118286280015587922005-06-08T22:04:00.000-05:002005-06-08T22:04:00.000-05:00The rabbits here in NJ don't bother columbine. I ...The rabbits here in NJ don't bother columbine. I sorta wish they would. The columbine have officially achieved "weed status" in the purple garden. I actually have to get rid of seedlings to make room for other plants. At least they are pretty when they bloom.OldRoseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10307114475443602351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13309574.post-1118271463352268972005-06-08T17:57:00.000-05:002005-06-08T17:57:00.000-05:00Nice picture!Nice picture!Isaac Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402890244648619420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13309574.post-1118268359165870642005-06-08T17:05:00.000-05:002005-06-08T17:05:00.000-05:00Sometimes we take it personally when wildlife dama...Sometimes we take it personally when wildlife damages our plants, espeicially tended ones grown from seeds.<BR/>A lot of mine happens at night.I dont know the insect assassin that had eaten all my purple cone flowers.two left outside 9i have two pots inside though so i hope they grow and flower.)<BR/> I leave straggly ones as sacrifices but the slugs bipass them and go for your prize plants!!David (Snappy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06888061575577254705noreply@blogger.com