Re: 61-degree heat wave

Bonnie,
Remember that Chicory has a deep taproot.  Although I don't advocate helping
ourselves to even roadside plants, I'm sure a few Chicory won't be missed.
But I'd suggest getting young plants and digging deeply enough so as not to
cut the taproot.  They like a well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil in sun.
Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 12:07 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] 61-degree heat wave


> I'll have to think about a niche for the two of them and see if I can't
> relieve someone of their "weeds."  Out near the road (where one sees most
of
> them anyway,) the soil is poorer than closer to the house, so perhaps a
> little area for them on the corner would be good.  Hmmm....  I'll have to
> see what I can do.
>
> Thanks for the ideas, Jim, Kitty and Auralie!
>
> Blessings,
> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
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> Of Aplfgcnys@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 6:48 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] 61-degree heat wave
>
> In a message dated 01/10/2004 5:18:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> wmorgan972@ameritech.net writes:
>
> > Now if I could just confine some Queen Ann's Lace with wild chicory
> > interspersed, that would make a sensational pressed flower garden!  Of
> > course, whether the Queen Ann's Lace or the chicory would win out in the
> > struggle for dominance is anyone's guess.  :>)
> >
> >
>
> Queen Anne's Lace and chicory make a lovely border to our roadsides in New
> York.  They seem to thrive together, and both like to grow in "waste
> places."
> Neither is a real native - both are immigrants from Europe - but they are
a
> beautiful combination.  Just thinking about them on this 8 degree day
makes
> me
> long for summer.
>  Auralie
>
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