Re: Mertensia

In a message dated 2/26/02 5:27:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
genebush@otherside.com writes:


> Bluebells here are mature divisions at $7 each. Incidentally, you need to
> get them very soon and get them into the ground... they are beginning to 
> break
> dormancy here.... do best waking up in their own bed. Bluebells are best 
> from
> fresh seed, may take two years to germinate, take 3 years to bloom the first
> time. Divisions are best unless you are not interested in the time factor or
> want hundreds of bluebells. I usually have some seed each spring.    

A local friend's bluebells spread with wild abandon to become a pest for her. 
She dug up many bushel baskets full. They stayed in these baskets for several 
days and she asked if I wanted any. I took one basket full and over the 
course of a couple weeks finally got all the tubers planted. Some of them 
were bigger than a grocery store carrot.  I didn't mark the spots I put them 
in, but I would say that nearly all of them came up the following year and 
bloomed well. So my experience, Gene, is that this is a pretty tough plant.  
Bill Lee
Z6a Cincinnati

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