Re: Mertensia
- Subject: Re: Mertensia
- From: G* B*
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:16:36 -0600
Hello Bill,
Yep, Virginia bluebells can be tough, but I would not recommend that
treatment as "normal" handling. Can't help but feel that better handling
would give a better plant performance. We all have stories, myself
included, that have left their hosta or daylilies in the trunk of the car or
the garage for a year, then threw them on top of the compost pile and seen
wonderful blooms from a resurrected rhizome.
Here, my bluebells are beginning to emerge in the warmer areas of the
gardens.... tiny purple-black rosettes of foliage against the pure white of
our snow....
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,LLC
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
www.munchkinnursery.com
Southern Indiana Zone 6
----- Original Message -----
From: <Blee811@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Mertensia
> 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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