Re: symplocarpus (skunk cabbage) querys
- Subject: Re: symplocarpus (skunk cabbage) querys
- From: B* B*
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:28:13 -0500 (CDT)
About skunk-cabbage:
Though I have none around me now and would love
some (in central GA) I grew up in MI in skunk-cabbage
heaven. I would mark the plants you want to move
somehow and wait till they go dormant, say late in the
summer or in the fall, to move them. There is a
rhizome down there, and on a big one it can be both
deeper and bigger than you might think. If you must
try to move one while growing, then be prepared to dig
up a huge root ball all around and under the
plant...like maybe the size of a bushel basket? When
they are dormant there won't be as many live roots
attached to the rhizome and it will tolerate their
loss better. Of course moving a small one would be
proportionally easier. I'd guess, too, that it would
be a slow process to grow this to blooming size from
seed...like maybe five years? You should be able to
find some closer to you, too...it's pretty common up
there.
Bob Burns
--- Mike Bosold <mbosold@meijergardens.org> wrote:
> While at me friends house last night I walked his
> new property and found
> myself surrounded by skunk cabbage, what a lovely
> sight! Beautiful and
> very prolific. Was thinking about transplanting some
> to the gardens here in
> our native/wet areas. I was wondering if these
> transplant well, and when
> the best time to do it would be. They are fully
> showing the spathe/spadix
> and the leaf bud is about 1" tall. Most are about
> medium to large size and
> look quite mature. Should I choose the bigger ones
> or the smaller ones?
> The area here is almost identical in soil and
> moisture content. Any
> help/suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks
> Mike
> p.s. what about seed starting, any comments on this
> cool plant
> appreciated...
>
>
> Michael Bosold
> Outdoor Horticulturist
> Frederik Meijer Gardens
> 1000 East Beltline Ave. NE
> Grand Rapids, MI 49525
> ph. 616-977-7694
> fax.616-975-9545
> mbosold@meijergardens.org
> www.meijergardens.org
>
>
>
>
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