Re: Help with growing Chelones
- Subject: Re: Help with growing Chelones
- From: D* M*
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 19:21:33 -0500
>
>I have been having problems growing chelones.(turtleheads)
>I started them from seed last spring and put them in a very rich
>shade bed...they barely grew at all. I just moved them a month ago
>to a rich bed in the sun hoping they will do good there.
>Any advice on these plants? I have more seed of these that I am
>going to sow again and try to grow...any information on these would
>be helpful to me,including where I could obtain some plants of these.
>Thanks much group for any input on this!
>Lorna in zone 7 with snow on the ground in Calif!
My chelones do very well in a damp, boggy area next to my pond. They
are pretty much in full sun there. I also have some in a dryer,
shady area that are much less robust.
Also, since you just started them from seed, they probably need
another year or so to mature.
A source for several cultivars is Shady Oaks Nursery
( http://www.shadyoaks.com/home.html), but their web site seems to be
off line at the present.
--
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@wi.rr.com
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