Episode 53: Successes and Failures

Find out which plants lived up to their expectations and which ones let us down

What well to means to wrap up the class of garden with an airing of our grievances against all those plants that never quite last up to their potential this season ? ( retrieve of that infamousSeinfeldepisode featuring the Costanzas ’ Festivus celebration . ) However , we did n’t want to terminate 2019 on an entirely electronegative note , so we decided also to cite those flora that exceeded our expectations . There were some surprises from seemingly alien choice that appeared to enjoy the drought this summer , and some letdowns from plants that are purportedly built for the unpredictable atmospheric condition golf stroke but ended up shrivel up in defeat . Steve even talks about those plant that made it through an intact time of year in a pot , on the side of his driveway , and survive . If those survival of the fittest can survive such experimental condition , just think how well they ’d do in your garden with a lilliputian more attention ! Expert Paula Gross , who antecedently oversaw a botanical garden , makes us all finger good by highlighting some of her triumphs ( likeGloriosa superba‘Rothschildiana ’ , Zones 8–10 ) and failures too .

Expert testimonial : Paula Gross , former associate director of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Botanical Gardens

DANIELLE’S PLANTS

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Striped dauntless ground orchid ( Bletilla striata‘Albostriata ’ , zone 6–9 )

‘ Sundew Black ’ sea comfrey ( Trachystemon orientalis‘Sundew ’ , Zones 6–9 )

‘ Stoplights ’ genus Epimedium ( Epimedium‘Stoplights ’ , Zones 5–8 )

Failure

‘ Silberstein ’ speckled pigeon berry weed ( Phytolacca americana‘Silberstein ’ , Zones 5–8 )

STEVE’S PLANTS

‘ Wu - La - La ’ hosta ( Hosta‘Wu - La - La ’ , Zones 3–9 )

‘ Ginger Love ’ fountain grass ( Pennisetum alopecuroides‘Ginger Love ’ , Zones 6–9 )

‘ Clifford Moor ’ campion ( Silene dioica‘Clifford Moor ’ , zone 5–8 )

‘ Trost ’s Dwarf ’ cry birch ( Betula pendula‘Trost ’s Dwarf ’ , Zones 2–8 )

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