Re: Companion plants for Alstromeria 'Ligtu Hybrids'
- To: j*@earthlink.net
- Subject: Re: Companion plants for Alstromeria 'Ligtu Hybrids'
- From: d* f*
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 22:40:13 -0800 (PST)
> Hi David,
> I haven't posted for a while, but your request for
> a companion to the
> alstromerias brings up one of my favorites. Salvia
> verticillata 'Purple
> Rain' planted on 3 sides of one of my clumps of
> Alstromeria Ligtu
> Hybrids completely cover the summer bare spot. This
> is a low growing (2'
> in bloom) spreading herbaceous salvia. It is
> +completely+ deciduous
> during winter, but the alstromeria sends up its
> non-blooming green
> shoots then. S. 'Purple Rain' re-emerges from the
> soil in late spring,
> just as the alstromeria is going over. The wide
> fuzzy leaves and
> continuous hazy purple flowers complement any color.
> On the down side, there is a time during late
> summer when S. 'Purple
> Rain' starts to look ratty. I cut them to the
> ground, give them a mulch
> and a soak, and back they come, blooming all the
> way.
Hello Jan,
Thanks for the suggestion on S. verticillata 'Purple
Rain'. I have not used this plant before, and wonder
if it can also take a bit of shade, in your
experience. The garden I have this situation in is
on the north side of a house with a Saucer magnolia as
well, so it isn't really in full sun. Betsy Clebsch's
book on salvias seems to recommend full sun and weekly
watering. This garden also doesn't get watered much,
as there is no automatic irrigation. Any experience
with these additional constraints?
Regards,
David Feix
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> Jan Smithen,
> Upland, California
>
> jansmithen@earthlink.net
> Sunset zone : 19
> USDA zone : 10
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~jansmithen/
>
> Visit the Los Angeles County Arboretum
> Victorian Rose Garden website at:
> http://victorian-rose.org/
>
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