Re: Rheum palmatum
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- Subject: Re: Rheum palmatum
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 04:05:48 -0500
Thanks Louis...just the kind of info. I wanted. Most interested that
it takes half day sun for you as what I've read keeps saying full
sun, a scarce commodity around here.
Has anybody actually *bought* a plant in the US?
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Louis Mensing <lmensing@rio.com>
> Date: Friday, January 28, 2000 1:08 PM
>
> Yes, I grow Rheum palmatum Atrosanguineum. I live in Eugene and
the plant
> gets perhaps half-day sun. It gets hand-watered every couple of
days and a
> good handful of dry fish fertilizer in the spring with occasional
light
> fertilizing throughout the summer. It is now (last summer) about 4
feet
> high with leaves about 30 inches across. The plant is now 3 years
old and
> was raised from seed from Jim and Jenny Archibald. I selected the
saved
> plant from a number of seedlings as it showed the most color. The
first
> year it was slow growing and after its initial growth it sat. I
was
> concerned but shouldn't have been as the next year it made good
growth.
> This year should be even better as it hasn't reached maturity
(hasn't
> bloomed) and the dormant plant has a very large base from which to
grow.
>
> Louis Mensing
>
>
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