Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: You have to see my Beech trees....!, 1 by plymouthgarden

plymouthgarden wrote:
yes, that is an ever-spreading field of petasites!!! funny thing is - i have petasites in several other spots in the yard, but i have NO recollection of ever putting it THERE. last year i couldn't figure out what it was as it's much different from the other petasites which is much more reserved, not as big, and not spreading like in that spot - i don't remember those plants flowering last year either - but this year i sure did recognize the flower. DUH! last year those leaves were over 18", the other petasites in the other areas never got bigger then maybe 9". i do love it though!

wish i could grow gunnera here, but i don't think it'd survive our winters. i also have rodgersia that is just showing it's brown/rusty colored leaves, it'll be interesting to see what that looks like this year, last year was the first year in and it didn't do much, but it's very enthusiastic so far this year! also, my darmera (sp?) palmata has flowered this year, first flowering and it's been in for 3yrs. that was very exciting!

thanks for the note - yeah - aren't those trees grand? we sure are lucky...!

kara