Re: Septic System Demo Garden
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- Subject: Re: Septic System Demo Garden
- From: "* T* <m*@clark.net>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 02:46:56 -0400
Well, Hal, I can only vouch for Miscanthus gracillimus. I've dug some
humongous clumps of it and the roots don't seem to go down all that far -
maybe 8" - 12" and you're under the rootball - they just make these solid
masses that take an ax to divide. Other of the large grasses may have more
questing roots.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Hal Lanktree <hlanktree@mindspring.com>
> Date: Friday, August 14, 1998 1:24 PM
>
> At the risk of being called names <g>, don't those grasses also have very
> deep water seeking root systems?
> Hal Lanktree
> Rochester, Michigan (Zone 5b)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diana L. Politika <diana@olympus.net>
> To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
> Date: Friday, August 14, 1998 1:48 AM
> Subject: Re: Septic System Demo Garden
>
>
> >
> >> But, what about some of the really tall ornamental grasses to give you
> some
> >> height. I don't know about all of their root systems, but Miscanthus
> roots
> >> don't seem to go down all that far - just create a wide incredibly
> >> congested system.
> >We grow about 20 kinds, and I'm fondly eyeballing the Eulalia grass and
> >the Miscanthus 'Morning Light' with thoughts of 'background plants'.
>
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