Re: Blue and Yellow
Yes, indeed. It does spread.
Bill Plummer
Painted Post, New York USA
Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy S. Shlaes" <nsshlaes@ameritech.net>
To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
Sent: Sunday, 30 April, 2000 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: Blue and Yellow
> Barb Pernacciaro wrote:
>
> > I spent Saturday morning at the Flower Factory, a perennial
nursery west of
> > Stoughton, WI, and of course spent too much money!
> > In the center of the circular gravel drive leading to all the
greenhouses
> > was an attractive shade garden under a huge tree. It was
primarily yellow
> > and blue, the yellow provided by celandine poppies and the
blue by a
> > particularly blue-flowered pulmonaria. I'm not familiar with
the poppy
> > (Stylophorum diphyllum) and one of my gardening books warns
that it spreads
> > in an out-of-control fashion
> > by seeds. Has anyone experience with this?
> >
> > -Barb P. in Wisconsin
> >
>
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> It does indeed spread so much that it is difficult to control.
I liked it the
> first few years after I bought my one (1) plant and I didn't try
to stop it's
> spread.. Now it is everywhere.
>
> Also, one should be careful when pulling it out of the ground.
The stems and
> roots exude a bright yellow dye that is hard to remove from
clothing.
>
> Nancy S. deGrazia - 5a
>
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