Which are holding up well - which are going down early?

[Chris_W]

Hi there!

On another thread people started talking about this already, but I was wondering if we could make it an "official" discussion of its own.

Which plants are still holding up really well in your garden?

Which plants are going down early?

I'm going to take a walk around tomorrow to check everything out and hopefully get some pictures, but I do know that I have some Pandora's Box that are WAY too wet right now, actually there is some moss growing on the soil where they are planted, and they are going down way too soon. On the other hand I have another group of Pandora's Box up on the hill in a different spot with good drainage which are sending out a new flush of foliage!

English Sunrise was in a spot with way too much sunlight and they fried... Now they are potted up, in the shade, and new leaves are coming out.

American Halo is sort of holding its own. Hasn't grown at all after flowering, as expected with the sieboldiana plants which only have one flush of foliage per season, and now that the dormant buds are starting to POP the older leaves are starting to go down (the dormant buds swell and damage the base of the petioles).

Hanky Panky is starting to send out a new flush of leaves, but otherwise they are in their holding pattern between that great spring look and the reverse coloration that looks so nice in the fall.

Blue Haired Lady is sending out some attractive flowers and is really glossy. Grows like a weed too I'll share a picture of that one for now.

[newtohosta-no more]

I'll have to take a walk around my yard and see what ones look like they are going down, but historically my Nigrescens is one of the last to go down.

[redcrx]

Some of my Red Cardinal Flower are looking messy. These normally can withstand frost and go well into November. But they may have been hit with "weed and feed".

[steg]

Here are some that are doing well....

Dream Queen

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Prairie Magic - in a fair amount of direct sun in the middle of the day

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Lakeside Shore Master

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Not pictured but doing well -
Old Glory
Touch of Class

[steg]

Got picture of Rainforest Sunrise too....

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Like Prairie Magic, this one is in a lot of direct sun during the middle of the day.

[redcrx]

My Fragrant Bouquet family is doing well with lots of big flowers.

[Ginger]

Doing well in Oklahoma

Gucamole
Halcyon
Bridal Veil
Fire Island (it is dark green but looking fine, and I love the red of the stalks against the dark green)
Majesty
June (dark dark green but doing well)

The rest of mine are hanging in there, but they are being slowly eaten by grasshoppers

[redcrx]

In the same area as my Fragrant Bouquet family I have Zounds that looks like it's cooking and I have Unforgettable with has disentgrated the same way it did last year - time to move both of these to more shade.

[redcrx]

Royal Standard looks great and is full of flowers - the number of flowers open at the same time make it standout.

[Ed_B]

I had a very dry cool summer lasted until mid August before we had any real rain.
I do not water

I have pictures from two different beds, the "road bed" that gets morning sun then filtered shade, and the "rock bed" that is all day shade.

My Thunderbolt in the "road bed" was badly sunscald, while the one in full shaded "rock bed" stayed clean

Liberty, Alex Summers, Touch of Class all in the "road bed" handled the sun with ease

[Ed_B]

Rock bed

[ViolaAnn]

I'm home from Vancouver and had a look at mine today. MOST are still doing quite well with the exception of more slug damage than I usually get because of our WET summer. The biggest exception is Invincible which has many brown leaves although it's blooming madly.

Venus as EIGHT flower scapes - not quite open, but almost. I'll try to get some pics in the yard tomorrow.

Ann

[sugar]

With our milder climate (both winter and summer), plants are not only emerging earlier, but they keep on going quite long : most of my hosta are still looking really good (except for the minor slug and vine weevil damage, and the flower stalks that start to be a bit messy)
I expect them to keep on going like this until somewehere in october

[renaldo75]

I've been spending a lot of time in the garden digging recently. There's one that has always looked like crap every year long before Sept 1st - Abiqua Trumpet. But the way the light situation is now for it [virtually none] and the very moist, unusually cool summer we've had here in SW Iowa has it still looking like its spring. Usually by late June it looks like it's been painted with dots of rust.. So I'd only advise growing this one in almost total shade & normal Pacific Northwest temps/moisture. Which is where this one originated... It was a very pleasant surprise when I dug it the other day.

Others still looking good include most of the fragrant ones: Guacamole, Fried Green Tomatoes, Fried Bananas, plantagenia, Stained Glass, Fragrant Dream. Emily Dickinson always looks her best at this time of year. The newer leaves put out before she flowers are just gorgeous to look at w/a much wider margin & more subtle color variations in the center. I need to get some pics of the leaves.

Others still looking good: Silk Kimono, Squash Casserole, Paradigm, Potomac Pride, Venetian Blue, Permanent Wave, Ebb Tide, montana Aureomarginata, Jade Cascade, Komodo Dragon, Regal Splendor, Sun Power, June, English Sunrise, Halcyon, Remember Me, Dark Star, Abiqua Moonbeam, September Sun, and a new one to me from last year is Mourning Dove. Absolutely gorgeous coloring on this one & it still looks just as fresh as it did in spring!! I highly recomend it.

[ViolaAnn]

I see I promised you some Venus pics. I've taken some, but don't yet have them downloaded.

I see Invincible, Paul's Glory, Stained Glass and Rickrack showing definite signs of decline. Rickrack is severe enough that I may get rid of it. PG doesn't usually decline quite so early, but it was lifted and divided in the spring. Has also suffered from squirrels jumping into it from the oak tree above. The Baby Bunting family declined a long time ago, but I think it was too wet in their container from all the rains we've had.

Mack the Knife has really ragged edges. It's another which has failed to thrill me over the years - what are your experiences with it?

Ann

[ViolaAnn]

Doing well - Venus. Pictures taken yesterday and today.

The whole plant.

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Close-up of the bloom.

[redcrx]

Just noticed that Paul's Glory and Sun Power are doing well.

[redcrx]

Just noticed Remember Me has gone down. I have 3 that went in last season - 2 are totally gone while the other has a few leaves left. I thought they would hold up better because I remember last season the June siblings were the last to go. Touch of Class and Olympic Sunrise were around in November.

[rosey_posey]

High Society, Squash Casserole, Gunther's Prize and Blaze of Glory still look very pretty. Potomac Pride and Wolverine are among many of mine that look sad!

Rose

[digs57]

Believe it or not, my whole garden is still looking darn good. I took a spin round it yesterday, and it seems that the shutting down is much postponed in comparison with previous years, probably thanks to our very wet and relatively cool July. Raspberry Sorbet & Plantaginea are still in bloom, as is (of course!) Red October and a few of the other laties. I'm projecting another 3 weeks of garden joy ahead of us this season, at a minimum.