Comments on: Rare, Just Yummy or Plain Unusual Garden Flowers for May

By: whoistracy

whoistracy — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:02:21 +0000

So sorry about your African Gray! We have a sun conure & a cockatiel and can't imagine losing them (despite how LOUD they can be sometimes). I hope he gets bored with freedom or hungry and comes home soon.

By: Mike Huben

Mike Huben — Wed, 30 May 2012 06:34:16 +0000

I've had Saruma for about 15 years, courtesy of Ellen Hornig, and it is reliable and excellent for me in my zone 6 garden.

Jan and Marty's siberian iris are vastly better than the old ones for several reasons. Not just because they have extraordinary colors, but because they also have much better budcount than the old varieties.

By: Matt Mattus

Matt Mattus — Wed, 30 May 2012 01:49:41 +0000

Acantholimon – do you think that it prefers a dry winter? Here in NE, it can be a long, cold, wet winter with many freezes and thaws…… still, others have told me the same ( including Halda), so you think I would listen! But then again, he told me that Panda meat was good too!

By: Matt Mattus

Matt Mattus — Wed, 30 May 2012 01:47:23 +0000

Thanks Everyone. We miss lil' Kojo. He's such a devil, but we love him as one of the family. We have not heard him today at all, and severe thunderstorms are moving in, our hopes of him returning are growing slim.

By: Matt Mattus

Matt Mattus — Wed, 30 May 2012 01:44:08 +0000

I've wanted to try Matilija poppy ( Romneya) for a few years now after seeing it in another garden. Yes, it is on my "list". Thanks! hopflower

By: hopflower

hopflower — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:33:42 +0000

Since you seem to like challenges, may I suggst a Matilija Poppy (Romneya coulteri)? Another California native. You could have a lot of fun with that one!

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:32:33 +0000

I really hope you will be able to bring Kojo home!

The yellow Siberian iris are very enticing – I will have to look into those. As for Saruma henryi, I had never heard of it before this spring but I saw it for sale at a garden center in Cambridge a few weeks back so it does seem to be gaining popularity.

By: Peg C.

Peg C. — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:45:54 +0000

Oh I hope you can get your parrot home! How awful to have him escape into the wild after 15 years. Best of luck trying to entice him home!

By: Peg C.

Peg C. — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:44:42 +0000

Oh I hope you can get your parrot back! Is there some treat that will tempt him home? If you've had him for 15 years he is like part of the family. Best of luck and please let us know if he comes home!

By: Panayoti Kelaidis

Panayoti Kelaidis — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:51:57 +0000

Great post: Love that Saruma, but I must tell you that Daphne calcicola is quite hardy (came through my subzero winter great as did D. aurantiaca). I have admired them on Yulongshan…whence many treasures come (Arisaema candidissima for instance).