Re: Are there any grasses that
- Subject: Re: Are there any grasses that
- From: D*
- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 07:17:22 +1200
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Glad to hear you"re growing our grasses. There are many more native to
NZ than on the list I sent. Those were just endemic to one of our National
Parks. I'll have a search for more and post them soon.
regards
terry
> Terry,
>
> I grow Carex comans bronze form - seems quite hardy in my USDA z 7
> garden. Also thought C. buchananii hailed from NZ tho' it is not on
> that list - also hardy for me, but I think not much farther north.
> Another not on the list but that I thought was native to NZ is C.
> petriei. It is supposed to be sort of marginally hardy for me, but is
> grown in the US. I have germinated seed from that one and may have
> one plant somewhere if it made it through the winter....need to go
> look for it and see.
>
> I've seen C. flagellifera and C. testacea listed here in the
> US...think I even have seed for C. flagellifera that needs sowing:-)
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@hort.net
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> > From: Dowdeswell <dowdeswell@delphinium.co.nz>
> >
> > HI Marg,
> >
> > We have a whole raft of Carex native to New Zealand and I am just
> > wondering if anyone there has tried NZ Carex out for hardiness in
> Northern
> > USA? This is a link to a NZ native species list, probably
> restricted to those
> > plants found in Tongariro National Park which is often snow covered
> in
> > winter.
> >
> > http://www.bush.org.nz/distribution/18.html
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Terry Dowdeswell
> > 692 Brunswick Road
> > RD1
> > Wanganui
> > New Zealand
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > terry@delphinium.co.nz
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> >
> > > Milium effusum 'Aureum' wants shade; lovely thing, especially in
> > > early spring when its soft yellow lights up the garden; it fades
> a bit
> > > toward chartreuse as the season wears on. Short (to about 8"
> -10" for
> > > foliage, blooms are taller), clumping grass that seeds true.
> > >
> > > Of course, there are the many Carex...not true grasses but always
> > > listed with grasses...love Carex and most of them either want or
> > > tolerate shade.
> > >
> > > Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> > > mtalt@hort.net
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> > > > From: Saxton, Susan <SSaxton@schwabe.com>
> > > > seem to tolerate shade besides hanokechloa and chasmanthium?
> > What
> > > is your experience?
> > >
> > >
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