Re: Questions...nursery, ornamec, and lenten rose

Thanks for all the advice on Plant Delights and hellebores.  I am 
thrilled.  On the North side of my house (this has a slope so gets drainage 
from the front), I started a bed of hellebores, ferns, hostas, and 
wintergreen that is doing very well.  So glad that I may be successful with 
a similar one under the oaks...one oak has a volunteer green dogwood under 
it...this should fill out the bottom layer nicely.  Can hardly wait.

Bonnie 6+ ETN

At 10:56 PM 1/4/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Bonnie, I join others in highly recommending Plant Delights.  Tony
>Avent is a helluva plantsman - I think it is safe to say one of the
>foremost in the country right now (not to mention with the most
>outrageous sense of humor); his plants are large and well-grown and
>if you EVER have the opportunity to go to Raleigh for one of their
>open houses, drop everything and do it.  What Tony has done with his
>Juniper Level Botanic Gardens is simply amazing...the nursery exists
>to support the gardens and their plant trials.  His goal is to grow
>every plant that can be grown in his climate and he's well on the
>way:-)
>
>Hellebores are marvelous plants - I am well and truly addicted at
>this point. I find they are like potato chips; you cannot have just
>one.
>
>H. x hybridus (orientalis) cultivars will, indeed, tolerate dry
>conditions once established - they make massive root systems.  You
>will need to provide supplemental water for at least the first
>growing season.
>
>These are shade tolerant plants but do not *require* shade.  As Gene
>says, H. foetidus is really drought tolerant - actually demands very
>good drainage and really prefers some sun, even in my climate.  I
>love my H. f. 'Wester Flisk'...this is a species that seeds around
>quite a bit if suited, so you always have some to give away or grow
>on - I don't find H. foetidus as long-lived as the  H. x hybridus
>cultivars.  'Wester Flisk' has the most magnificent foliage that
>turns nearly black in winter and is the first to bloom for me...love
>that plant!
>
>IMO, the shady garden cannot have too many hellebores!  I will do
>some horn tooting here and point you to a series of articles I wrote
>on the genus a few years ago, which will explain to you the
>difference between the caulescent and acaulescent types and provide
>you with lots of pix of assorted species and the incredible color
>ranges that Graham Birkin breeds.  I was just a beginner with them
>when I wrote this series, but doing so turned the tide....I now have
>dozens of assorted ones in the garden and hundreds of seedlings
>coming along:-) Soon (hopefully) to be awash in hellebores...
>
>Here's the URL to the first one - you can follow on from there:
>
>Sorry, I don't know squat about Ornamec.....
>
>http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/shade_gardening/17614
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>mtalt@hort.net
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> > From: Bonnie M. Holmes <holmesbm@usit.net>
> >
> > I have three questions for the experts:
> >     * What is your experience with Plant Delights Nursery, Raleigh,
>NC?  I
> > received a very interesting catalog yesterday...since they are
>located in
> > my general region, I was thinking that many of their plants might
>work well
> > for me.
> >     * Atlanta Journal, Home & Garden, January 2, 2003, Weekend
>Gardener,
> > advice by Walter Reeves, says that Ornamec can effectively remove
>bermuda
> > grass and is found in Ortho Grass-B-Gon for Landscapes.  Is this
>product
> > fairly safe to use?  Is the chemical long-lasting?
> >     * Same column indicated that Helleborus orientalis will work in
>dry
> > shade under oak with summer watering.  I have dry shade with oaks
>in the
> > back of my home, lake side.  I would love to try this but hope they
>would
> > survive in all but prolonged drought.  Experience? Thoughts
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Bonnie 6+ ETN
>
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