Re: CULT: Companion plants
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: CULT: Companion plants
- From: D* S* <s*@molalla.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 11:05:48 -0600 (MDT)
Amy Rupp wrote:
>
> > Am in agreement with you about columbines as companion plants.
>
> Problem with these is that they take pretty much full shade and die back
> with the irises, in our climate. The hybrid sorts are too wimpy even
> with this treatment; we must grow our native red and yellow ones.
>
> --
> Amy Moseley Rupp
> amyr@austx.tandem.com, Austin, TX, USDA zone 8b, Sunset zone 30
> *or* amyr@mpd.tandem.com
> Jill O. *Trades, Mistress O. {}
Oooh, Amy,
Please don't let my columbines know that!! We moved to this property, (5
acres) in 1994, and it was just one big open field. I have been planting
like mad ever since, but we just dont have any shade, and probably won't
for a few more years yet, so please keep that under your hat. My
columbines are doing just fine, thank you!! I also have the red and
yellow natives, who, as you say, do very well. Have you tried
THILICTRUM? It has aquilegia-type foliage, but has a fluffy ball sort of
bloom.
Nancy Silverberg
Molalla, OR, Zone 8
