Re: A plant new to me--pulsatilla
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- Subject: Re: A plant new to me--pulsatilla
- From: G*
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 15:13:08 -0400
Whoops! Thanks Susan for pointing out the boo-boo. No profanity intended
Bill.... Just a hello.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
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> From: Saxton, Susan <SSaxton@Schwabe.com>
> Subject: RE: A plant new to me--pulsatilla
> Date: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 11:39 AM
>
> 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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