Re: Sweet Woodruff was: Wood hya., Span. bluebells. Was green and white bed help
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- Subject: Re: Sweet Woodruff was: Wood hya., Span. bluebells. Was green and white bed help
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 01:57:12 -0500
Not Marilyn, but FWIW, have found Sweet Woodruff does best where it
does not dry out and in sandy soil with root competition, figure
that's what did in your patch. If you can offer it consistent
moisture (but not boggy conditions) and light to medium shade, you
can probably keep it. In my retentive clay, it will brown off by end
of July if dry, but come back in spring.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Regina S. Moore <rmoore@esrl.lib.md.us>
> Date: Friday, January 05, 2001 11:55 PM
>
> Isn't it funny, Marilyn, how different things are weeds in
different places?
> I live in fairly sandy soil zone 7a in Eastern Shore Md., and Sweet
Woodruff
> grew into about a 1-foot circle in the shade under my blue Leyland
Cypress
> and then mysteriously turned brown-beige and croaked! Haven't been
able to
> get it going again there. Yet I have as weeds coming up everywhere
what some
> others love: two kinds of bugleweed and Star of Bethlehem (both do
what you
> describe for the bluebells). Hmmmm -- I wonder which path those
bluebells
> would take here?
> --Jean Moore
>
>
> Wood hAt 10:53 AM 1/5/01 -0800, you wrote:
> >Claire, Linda and Joanie,
> > A word of caution regarding the Hyacinthoides hispanica syn:
Wood
> >Hyacinth, Spanish Bluebells, Scilla, et al. Here in my garden
these have
> >been prolific spreaders - bordering on being thugs. Perhaps it is
our mild
> >maritime climate that invigorates them, but heavy clay soil
doesn't seem to
> >slow them down. They propagate themselves by bulb division and
also self
> >seed VERY prolifically. If one has a meadow where they can ran
rampant and
> >look absolutely gorgeous - that is perfect. In confined spaces
such as my
> >rose border (8'W x 40'L), in spite of digging out as many bulbs as
I can
> >find every spring after they finish blooming, I still have WAY too
many. I
> >find new colonies forming in my raised veggie beds, the raspberry
patch, the
> >compost bins, in the gravel pathways of the nursery, etc. I
always offer
> >nursery visitors free bulbs ("you dig") with a word of warning. I
would put
> >it right up there with Sweet Woodruff - beautiful but fleet of
foot. :)
> >Marilyn Dube'
> >Natural Designs Nursery
> >Portland, Oregon
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com
[owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
> >Behalf Of ECPep@aol.com
> >Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 9:37 PM
> >To: perennials@mallorn.com
> >Subject: Re: green and white bed help
> >
> >In a message dated 1/5/01 12:12:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> >lwallpe@juno.com
> >writes:
> >
> ><< Hyacinthoides Hispanica White Triumph, has been a good
increaser here,
> > late spring >>
> >
> >This is a great bulb (in pink and in blue as well). They grown in
woody
> >areas, shady areas, under shrubs. HH increases here also. HH
blooms late
> >in
> >the spring, end of June, I think. When you think bulbs are all
done, this
> >one comes along as a long lasting surprise. You may find it
listed as wood
> >hyacinth, scilla or endymion. The first bulbs that I purchased
had yet
> >another name (Spanish bluebells, maybe). Each bulb gradually
increases
> >into a large clump that has so far has not been eaten by the
voles.
> >
> >If you have been mesmerized by the woodland displays of English
bluebells,
> >this is the one that will work here.
> >
> >Claire Peplowski
> >NYS z4
> >
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