Re: Hepatica was: drought tolerant

Thanks, Gene, your info. pretty much coincides with that in the article in
one of Duncan's links, tho' the ID is not absolute in the article.  I
actually got it at Asiatica, but did not have an opportunity to ask Barry
about it - there were too many of us and he was giving a tour and had to
leave to catch a plane.  I will tell ya', that man is growing plants to die
for that are not on the open market ....he has Epimediums I've never seen
or heard of - mini leaf ones and ones with huge leaves...most are not his
to sell, I understand, as he finds and grows them on for that huge
wholesale nursery...is it Heins or Heims?  They don't market them until
they have a min. of 10,000 plants!  But, one of these days, we should all
be able to get our hands on them.

He also has, in his gardens, the first and only variegated leaf
Rhododendron I've ever seen...talk about lust!  And, you should see his
Arisaemas.....sigh...

At least, I now have a good idea of where to plant it and look forward to
its blooming in spring so I can see what the flowers are like, as it seems
they could be any color.  Also appears that mine will be evergreen and the
other interesting note in that article is that it seems the species from
Japan and Korea prefer acid soil, while the European and American species
prefer a more alkaline soil...

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: GeneBush <genebush@otherside.com>
> Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 3:08 PM
> 
> Hello Marge,
>     I saw where Duncan sent you some addresses to take a look at. Hope
you
> were able to locate what you needed. Just in case, I did take a look
through
> my material I have saved from the American Hepatica Assoc. Did find a
small
> reference to your H. asiatica as coming from islands off the Korean
> mainland. "Small plant with very beautiful marbled leaves which roll up
in
> the winter, and with blue, white or pink blossoms of about 2 cm diameter
on
> delicate stems."
>     Just a guess on my part, but I would give well drained as much of the
> islands there are volcanic. Pretty decent amount of shade as the islands
are
> heavily wooded. With you in zone 7 there should be no problem on cold
> hardiness. They do get light frosts and some snow in that region.
>     I did not see it listed in the Asatica catalog from Barry this year.
> have you contacted him?
>     Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
>           around the woods - around the world
> genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marge Talt <mtalt@clark.net>
> 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 1:00 AM
> Subject: Re: Hepatica was: drought tolerant
> 
> 
> > Gene - or anyone who knows....
> >
> > I came away from a nursery tour with a plant of Hepatica asiatica var.
> > japonica this spring, tempted by the foliage - bloom had either passed
or
> > it is too young to bloom.  It is still sitting in a pot waiting for me
to
> > figure out where to put it.  Do you know anything about this one? 
Can't
> > seem to find any information specific to it.  Like, what kind of
> conditions
> > it prefers?
> >
> > Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> > mtalt@clark.net
> 
> 
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