Re: Chinese ginger - Yo Gene!

I bet that's a nice area. I like it when the creeping plants meet & mingle,
interesting and prety. Formal gardens are lovely, but not my thing at all,
like to look at them, don't want to live withthem.
----- Original Message -----
From: "cathy carpenter" <cathyc@rnet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Chinese ginger - Yo Gene!


> Our native ginger, A.canadense, covers ground quickly enough to be
> considered a pest by some, but it still looks nice (if you don't want
> shiny) - I have it competing with sweet woodruff and lilu of the valley
> and it is doing well.
> Cathy
> On Sunday, August 8, 2004, at 10:30 AM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > Maybe Gene will respond on this, but the Asarum gingers do not cover
> > ground
> > the way Lamium does.  Asarum europeum is a bit faster than A.
> > splendens and
> > A. shuttleworthii in my experience, but it takes years to get a nice
> > 3x3 ft
> > patch filled in.  I've only had the other two a couple of years but
> > each has
> > spread only an inch, maybe two in that time.  I grow them more as
> > accents
> > rather than grndcvrs because they are expensive.  I've been fortunate
> > in
> > recent years that my established clump of European Ginger has been
> > visited
> > by ants who take the seeds to new locations so I've had tiny
> > volunteers pop
> > up under my peonies.  This is not frequent, but a very pleasant
> > surprise.
> > When a little clump gets big enough I can move some to another area or
> > share
> > with someone.  I think these 3 and some of the other Asarums are
> > considered
> > grondcvrs simply because they are low to the ground, not because they
> > cover
> > ground quickly.  Canadian (aka American) ginger, A. canadense does
> > spread
> > more quickly, is larger and not shiny, so you might want to steer away
> > from
> > that one.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Zemuly@aol.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 9:25 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Chinese ginger
> >
> >
> >> Oooh, Chris, that is so pretty.  I, however, cannot "do" another
> >> ground
> >> cover.  I have that awful ground ivy everywhere plus Lamium, which  is
> > still
> >> growing up a tree.  I am sorry I ever planted it.
> >>
> >> zem
> >> zone 7
> >> West TN
> >>
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