RE: A plant new to me--pulsatilla
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- Subject: RE: A plant new to me--pulsatilla
- From: S* S*
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 08:39:12 -0700
Oh Gene, I'm glad I saw it was you and then I knew it was just a typo
"> Hell Bill Lee,"
I guess that's hello?!! LOL!
Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is just a little old fashioned garden where the
flowers come together to praise the Lord and teach all
who look upon them to do likewise.
Celia Thaxter
I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GeneBush [g*@otherside.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 5:46 AM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: A plant new to me--pulsatilla
>
>
> Pulsatilla or Pasque Flowers are beginning to gain
> popularity outside of
> the Rock Gardening groups. I am always on the look-out for a
> new one to try
> in the garden.
> Here in my garden I find a touch of shade helps the
> bloom color and the
> length the bloom lasts. Well drained soil with reasonable
> fertility, but
> not super rich, is best. The well drained part is important to prevent
> crown rot so I like to dig in some pea gravel when planting.
> Also use them
> to hide the holes in concrete blocks I have used for a raised bed.
> There are many species to play with and quite a few
> hybrids out there
> now... available mostly by seed.. but a few specialty
> nurseries carry the
> plants. Look around for some of the cut-petal forms in any
> color you can
> obtain.
> The foliage has white hairs all over it when emerging
> and some species
> keep the white hair. The seed pod develops long whispy
> trailers like an old
> man's beard and is qute nice after the blooms. Foliage is
> almost evergreen
> if they are not allowed to dry out in late summer.
> Several are in bloom now in the garden along with phlox
> and primula.
> Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
> around the woods - around the world
> genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
>
> ----------
> > From: Blee811@aol.com
> > Subject: A plant new to me--pulsatilla
> > Date: Monday, April 05, 1999 11:28 PM
> >
> > Last year I planted three pulsatillas I ordered by mail.
> They survived
> but
> > didn't grow a lot and looked pretty weak by the end of last year. I
> truly
> > did not expect them to come back.
> >
> > BUT, THEY'RE BACK!!!
> >
> > Two of them are blooming and I have hopes for the third one
> which came
> out a
> > little later. The first has three gorgeous purple flowers.
> The flower
> > reminds me of a St. Brigid's anemone in intensity of color.
> The second
> one
> > opened its flower today and it was a gorgeous velvety dark
> red. Can't
> wait
> > to see what happens with the third one.
> >
> > I'll have to check the sources to see if these will bloom
> continuously
> for a
> > while or if it is a one-shot deal. But I can highly recommend this
> plant.
> >
> > Bill Lee Zone 6a Cincinnati
> >
> >
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