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Weezie,

You go girl! I am going to be very careful about what I post here from now on. I wouldn't want you making any Freudian slips while reading my posts. You might decide to ban me.

Excuse me while I find and edit that post I made yesterday about soil "probes!"

Will

You got it right the first time, Weezie!

lol

Definitely not the string to read while taking a swallow of anything......

Lynn- Here is a ground hugging blue blue blue flowered plant. Beautiful pictures!
lithodora "Jane Ward"

Weezie- The yellow have nice sized seeds too. Once the heads go to fluff pull out the fluff and they are right on the end. Mine reseeds freely.
Donna

You know Donna, that plant that I have is in the
"Back 40" section, but it said it multiplied so I put it in one of my worst driest area's, so
it wouldn't get too crazy... and I pulled the flower heads off after they were done....
So, to be honest that's why I never saw one..
or had any babies...but it is getting smaller,
this year I looked at it, and it's alot littlier
than the years before, maybe I better get back
there and not deadhead them and take the seeds and try to get some more started...

Thanks for the info!!!!

Thanks for that link, Donna!
I almost picked up that plant yesterday at the very pricey nursery here, but it didn't have the zone hardiness on the tag and I couldn't get someone to help me. I just did a google search and haven't found the zone yet either.

Anyone grow this and can tell me?

Lynn-
I pulled the tag on mine and the hardiness on the tag is zones 6-8(to-10F). Full sun to light shade. water thoroughly as needed. Fertilize lightly throughout growing season. Remove spent blooms to neaten appearance.
It is not a prolific grower. Mine did double in size but it was in a 4 inch pot when I got it last year.

Weezie-
I understand trying to control some of the spreading. What I have noticed is out of every head I drop to reseed you get 3 or 4 babies. So it really isn't to bad. They don't transplant well either. I think they are suppose to be drought tolerant but mine wilts when it needs water.

Donna

That's where I put it, way back in the "back 40" I call it.. It's so hot and dry back there..
Alot of hot, noon time sun, and it takes 4 sets of hose's to get back that far....
Needless to say, it doesn't happen that often...

I will take a peak at them..

The White one's of the MOUNTAIN BLUETS of mine
are bloomin' now too..
I have to go back and get a picture of those.

Ooooooh, please do get a picture of them!
My blue centaurea are just about finished blooming - that didn't last very long this year! Hopefully I'll get another flush of blooms sometime soon.

I did pick up ANOTHER blue plant yesterday, though it's an annual here. It's salvia blue angel - a really vibrant cornflower blue color too! I'll try to post a picture if there are any blooms still left on it - we just had a major thunderstorm here again - only lasted 20 minutes but boy was that torrential rain. Thought my pond was going to overflow this time!

We could use some rain....
It KEEPS PASSING US BY!!!
And that's not good!!!

Lynne, Have you ever seen the white Centaeura's???

I haven't, Weezie - do you have those too?

Got pictures???

New blue today!

Salvia blue angel - unfortunately only an annual here.

Definitely more blue than the picture shows.

EExcuse moi!!

a prostate ground cover!!!

ya,from garden crazy s post on p.2....sorry just reread it.