Re: OT: Spider Plants.
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: OT: Spider Plants.
- From: G* S* <g*@swbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 13:09:55 -0500
From: Glenn Simmons <glsimmon@swbell.net>
william b. cook wrote:
> From: "william b. cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
>
> Some Gardeners here use Spider Plants (Chlorophytum) as a ground cover
> in places that are shaded from the noon sun in summer. When I lived in
> Kentucky, these were seen only has house plants or seasonal hanging
> baskets. According to my Sunset National Garden Book, they are marginally
> hardy here. I have some plants that came as "thinnings" from another
> garden. I planted them in a place that gets morning and evening sun, and
> is in dappled shade at mid-day. I the winter, it will get more sun. The
> location is somewhat sheltered. Has anyone else tried growing Spider
> Plants outdoors?
>
> Mark A. Cook
> billc@atlantic.net
> Dunnellon, Florida. USDA Zone 8/9 29 Degrees North Latitude. Elevation
> about 170'.
>
> I have been reading this discussion on spider plants and am a little confused.
> We have a plant known as "spider plant" but it is nothing like you all are
> describing here. I believe the actual name of our plant is Cleome (sp?).
Ours
> can get up to 4 feet tall and has semi thorns on it. Not a ground cover. The
> plant you are discussing sounds like what we call an Airplane plant, is that
> what this is?
Glenn
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Glenn & Linda Simmons
Springfield, Southwest Missouri, USDA Zone 6
g*@swbell.net
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