Re: Re: CULT: companion plants

Achillea (yarrow) of the variety Coronation Gold has worked well, especially
in combo with the spurias.  This is a sterile yarrow that doesn't spread
from seed and, at least for me here, is not an aggressive plant spreading
from the clump.  It tolerates the dry, hot weather well, but prefers the
heavily amended clay beds.  It's not too fond of the higher content clay
soils and tends to die off rather quickly there.  I think Moonshine is a
shorter yarrow that's also sterile and probably has the same habits.  Those
yarrows that apparently spread rapidly and reseed as well didn't work here.
They pretty much performed as annuals and plants from the seeds they left
didn't survive.

Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Eaves" <donald@eastland.net>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [iris] Re: CULT: companion plants


> > Donald, what genus/species are your <native blackfoot daisies>?
>
> Melampodium leucanthum.  A really well-grown plant will not get more than
12
> inches tall.  They naturally grow as little mounds.  They are not invasive
> IMO.
>
> Donald Eaves
> donald@eastland.net
> Texas Zone 7b, USA
>
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