Re: Bog gardens known as "Ditch gardens"

Diane, don't you have slugs???? all of those plants are inhaled by 
slugs here.  Lobelia cardinalis was toppled like timber, and 
petasites varig. was varigated mostly with air spaces!  The primulas 
manage to keep ahead by putting out more leaves.
Marian

> Date:          Sun, 09 Aug 1998 07:58:09 -0400
> From:          Dixie Hougen <taos@erols.com>
> Growing tired of trying to manage the sedge in the ditch, on a
> northwestern exposure, that runs past the front of our property, I dug
> out the sedge and planted Primula japonica and several hybrids of
> Lobelia cardinalis.  The plants are not IN the ditch but on the side.
> They prosper.  Whereas northern Virginia normally suffers a drought in
> the summer, there seems to be enough moisture to sustain the plants
> well.   I really like driving down the street and seeing the Lobelia at
> this time of year.  Almost as nice as the many Primula japonica earlier.
> 
> I do have a Petastites japonicus 'Variegatus' that is looking for a
> home.  Although the e ditch garden does pick up the late afternoon sun,
> it has some protection from a pine that overhangs the garden.  Any ideas
> of whether or not the Petastities would take some filtered sun?
> 
> Thanks--Dixie Hougen--Zone 7A--Northern Virginia
> 
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Marian Raitz  mraitz@accessone.com
Bellevue WA  Zone 8

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