Re: snow in summer
- Subject: Re: snow in summer
- From: A*
- Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 05:28:40 -0400
Thanks, Claire, I had no idea you could grow it from seed. I will try the
cuttings first--I have a huge amount of it growing where I don't want it
particularly, but I've never had trouble pulling it out. I do love it in
June when it blooms. I do shear it off with a hedge cutter and it's been
good for a long time, just finally got too much grass in it.
You are such a fount of knowledge, I always enjoy your posts. Judy Warner
----- Original Message -----
From: <ECPep@aol.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: snow in summer
> In a message dated 7/12/02 7:16:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> awarner@charter.net writes:
>
> << I used to have a fairly large bed of this, cerastum tomentosum, I
believe.
> It is a grayish, narrow leafed plant with white flowers in June, spreads
> quite quickly on dryish spots. The whole bed got overgrown with grass
and
> started dying out. I'd like to move some of it, but I can't find many
> roots. the plant seems to go on forever, but not have obvious roots.
Does
> anyone have suggestions on how to move the plants? I'd like to do it
now,
> probably not the best time--but I can water it. Judy Warner >>
>
>
> That is a plant that is easily grown from seed so some new plants might be
a
> better idea than salvaging old ones intergrown with grasses.
>
> Also, they can be grown from cuttings. Cuttings taken from shoots that
have
> some new growth and look healthy can get you quite a few new plants.
>
> To keep Cerastium looking good, it needs to be sheared back to the roots
> after blooming and watered in with some water soluble fertilizer. Growth
is
> best in early spring, again in fall. It does not seem to do much in hot
dry
> weather. This may not be a good time to do the moving.
>
> Most people complain about it being invasive, that word again, and alpine
> gardeners usually wont put the common form with other slower growing
plants.
> My experience is the same as you describe. I just grow a new row of them
once
> in while. Younger plants bloom more and are easier to manage. When
healthy
> and in bloom it is a sheet of white and very attractive.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4
>
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