Cult: Companion Planting
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- Subject: Cult: Companion Planting
- From: R*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:07:58 EST
From: RYFigge@aol.com
No onr has mentioned my favorite "edging" for iris beds: Coral Bells
(Heuchera) The foliage is low to the ground, therefore not shading -- can
stay for years with little problems - can be divided and spread around - I
plant it 10 or so inches in front. I alternate it with pansies, and since I
pull those up when they get scraggy-looking, I don't get many seedlings.
Coralbells are easy to find in the 20" to 24" pink flower-stems but these waft
in the breeze and lean toward the sun, so if they lean over the grass you
have to mow, it can be a nuisance. I prefer the 12" dark red oness -- but
they are impossible to find. No garden center seems to have them and I don'tt
know where I got the few I have, and they are not as generous in growth for
dividing (probably why no one carries them). But they don't flop and bother
the lawnmower. Rosalie nr Baltimore zone 7 ryf@aol.com
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