Re: Centaurea montana
- Subject: Re: Centaurea montana
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:47:46 EST
In a message dated 1/27/03 12:16:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, llmen@wi.rr.com
writes:
> Haven't been able to find a source for C.m. 'alba' and 'Gold Bullion'
> has blue flowers with golden foliage.
Don,
Wouldn't both of these be "pass-a-long" plants? If you see the white one,
ask for a small division. I used to have alba or a white montana. It was
around here for a few years found in a churchyard a long time ago. Before I
had the electric fence, the deer ate all the C. montanas and I have not grown
them since. When a plant becomes common or supposedly old fashioned, no-one
sells it. If you have a good sized clump or patch of something, cutting out
a chunk is no problem, I never mind being asked. If you then fill in the
hole with some rotted manure or compost or something encouraging roots, the
clump is often the better for it.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4 (with 7 inches of new snow yesterday, snows every other day more or
less)
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