Re: Double Bloodroot--growing conditions

Hello Bill,
    I believe you and Marge have said about all there is to say about the
double bloodroot, what it needs when transplanting. I would only add being
careful about winter wet. When I see bloodroot in the woods it is usually in
a well drained position. Often almost on top of clay, but with leaf mold and
leafy mulch covering the rhizomes. Old patches will have several layer deep
of roots, with oldest ones rotting out from competition. Bill, your
experience with where your transplant survived is a good illustration.
    If I were transplanting some bloodroot into and English garden, I would
give it more sun than here in my garden in Southern Indiana. I think it
would perform better.
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana

----- Original Message -----
> In a message dated 4/2/2003 5:35:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> decoy.farm@zetnet.co.uk writes:
>
> > Could you say, please, how fussy the plant is. I have had one before and
> > lost it. I now have another one and would really like not to lose it!
> > I presume it needs cool and damp, but how cool and how damp? Here we
> > tend to have quite dry summers. I have it in cool shade but do I need to
> > keep it well watered?
>
> Gene, you might add your experiences too. I bought two of these the same
> year. The one that was planted in solid clay on a steep hillside, but
under
> mostly shade conditions, died after one year and it never bloomed. The
second
> one is still going strong. It is in ordinary soil that has become somewhat
> loose after years of mulching. The plant is always mulched. It gets
morning
> sun, slightly more in the summer when it is dormant. Last year we had
extreme
> drought conditions all summer and it did not get one extra bit of water.
It's
> fine right now. As far as I know, normal woodland conditions, like the
native
> bloodroot, are all it needs.
> Bill Lee
> Z6a Cincinnati (and we had very cold temperatures this winter for long
> periods, plus snow and ice)

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