I have cursed the day I planted Mountain Bluet more times than I care to remember. I can't recall where it came from or why it appealed to me in the first place but I do know that I have been pulling up its seedlings for about a decade. This plant spreads like crazy and by extension tests my sanity as a gardener. Each spring I vow to get rid of it once and for all. Then it blooms and wins me over once again. Last year I planted a Salvia "Blue Queen" next to it. I needed to fill a hole. What can I say? The combination really works for me. For once, I'm not singing the mountain bluet blues.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
A Most Pleasing Combination
I have cursed the day I planted Mountain Bluet more times than I care to remember. I can't recall where it came from or why it appealed to me in the first place but I do know that I have been pulling up its seedlings for about a decade. This plant spreads like crazy and by extension tests my sanity as a gardener. Each spring I vow to get rid of it once and for all. Then it blooms and wins me over once again. Last year I planted a Salvia "Blue Queen" next to it. I needed to fill a hole. What can I say? The combination really works for me. For once, I'm not singing the mountain bluet blues.
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I understand your sentiments, but I do love the early blue flowers of Mt. Bluet! Mine behaves pretty well ....maybe because I deadhead the flowers to keep them coming, and that prevents too many seeds from falling to the ground.
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