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Re: Favourite Thug for a Med. Garden



Bob Shelby/Maura O'Neill wrote:

> > 'Favourite Thug for a Med. Garden
>
> Ok, I'll bite! My favorite Garden Thug is also a geranium. I know it only as
> geranium robertianum (herb robert). Started w/1 plant 5 years ago, and now
> literally have thousands all over our yard. With it's ferny type foliage, red
> hairy stems, nicely pungent smell, and pretty small pinkish flowers, it is a
> pleasure to weed where I don't want it, and I leave it everywhere else.  It is
> useful as a fresh green in my compost, as I don't have grass. Friends and
> neighbors always want some (I oblige!). It is thoughtful, also, it tends to
> want to grow outside my raised beds, bordering them nicely, and helping to
> keep the moisture in.
> Anyone else have experience with this plant?

Yes, I love it, and anyone coming to the nursery in erly June just has to have it,
even when I say that it will seed all over the place.  We grow and sell it in the
white form as well, which is a bit better behaved.



> I purchased it through Foothill
> Cottage Gardens in the Sierra foothills, along with a Campanula Takesimana,
> which I have never seen anywhere else (the flowers are pale whitish lavender
> with foxglovey dark spots inside, and they hang like little lanterns...)

We also planted Campanula takesimiana in one of our perennial borders-- and feel
that it was a mistake.-- We can't seem to get rid of it, and although it is a
pretty thing, the flowers drape so that you really cannot appreciate the blossoms.



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Rika       Willow Pond Nursery  http://www.willowpondnursery.com
Zone 7a  Long Island, NY

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