Re: CULT: Bog Garden
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Bog Garden
- From: B* S* <b*@tiger.hsc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 07:52:56 -0600 (MDT)
>A bog garden accommodates those plants that "like their feet wet"---e.g.
>yellow flag, and sarracenia (pitcher plant). Per Harry Phillips in Growing
>and Propagating Wild Flowers (UNC Press, 1985), one needs to establish a
>water table just inches below the surface: Punch 3-4 drainage holes in a
>dishpan halfway up the side and cover with a piece of screening. Bury the
>dishpan within a few inches of the rim, and fill it with whole-fiber peat
>moss. Fill it with water from a gently flowing hose; check to make sure the
>drain holes are working. Let the peat moss settle a few days, then place the
>plants. The idea is to guarantee a water supply in all seasons and full sun.
I'd also add some live peat moss to the top layers.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
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