Re: Lady Slippers

Hello Kate,
    The species that blooms in yellow in your area happens to be the easiest
to move around successfully. Also the easiest to propagate from division and
from seed in the labs now. I see where someone already replies to the
starting them from seed aspect.
    Pink ladyslipper it the tricky one. Needs a very acid soil to survive. I
just created a special bed to hold my plants. I used alternating layers of
decomposed pine bard fines with peat moss to about 8 inches in depth.
Ladyslippers are very shallow rooted with root systems like spokes of an old
wagon wheel. Bump in the middle if the eye for foliage and/ or blooms.
    Bloodroot is coming into bloom here... the double blooming form is very
nice this year. Also Jeffersonia dubia and the native diphylla. Hepatica is
late but doing excellent as always.
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana

----- Original Message -----
> Hi everyone:
>
> Can anyone tell me where to purchase seeds or plants of lady slippers.
They
> grow wild here in the woods of Pennsylvania and my Dad used to gather them
> many years ago, but now I wouldn't want to take them as they might be
> endangered?  Waiting for the Bloodroot to emerge.
>
> Can they be raised from seed?
>
> Thanks for anyone's help.  We only had the yellow type.
>
> Kate
> Zionsville, PA Zone 6

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