Re: OT-PLANTS: Gilia
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-PLANTS: Gilia
- From: D* K*
- Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 18:56:43 -0400
>We get a big kick in August each year (maybe July this year) out of Gilia,
>a biennial dry plains plant that, in its second year, blooms scarlet
>red on spikes as tall as five
>feet. Then, it drops seed and dies. The first year form (I call them "fuzzy-
>wuzzies") stays very short, just a cute little green soft ball that does fine
>if you don't water it too much. All you need to get your cycle going is seed
>and a first-year transplant, or seed some of which you hold for a year before
>planting. I had never heard of this plant until it was given to us, but we've
>shared it with many others. Anyone else grow it?
>
>Nancy in zone 5, Illinois, USA
I've never heard of it before so I did some web searches. Very nice plant!
That's what I love about native wild flowers... so many of them are
unrecognized by most gardeners but they make great additions to the garden
landscape. I have about 75 different native species in my garden
(including some irises).
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6
http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/home.html
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