Re: Plumbago
Hello Janet,
In my personal experience with this plant, mulch has proven to be the
important factor in how quickly it spreads. It needs something to get those
runners under to spread. I had mine for some years with it just sitting there...
mulched it the fall and come spring it took off. I do not find it to be exactly a
rampant grower in any case.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Janet N. Yang <jyang1@home.com>
Subject: Plumbago
> Dot,
> There are annual and perennial leadwort. Is your plant Ceratostigma
> plumbaginoides? (I have a penchant for using formal names, but in this
> case it's really much easier to call it plumbago or leadwort.) It's
> supposed to be mildly invasive, but mine isn't spreading very quickly.
> It's planted on a slope, so I assume that it is not getting quite as
> much water as it would like.
> This is from Encyclopedia of Perennials by Christopher Woods:
>
> Grow in full sun or partial shade in ordinary, well-drained
> soil.
> Propagations: Divide in spring. Take stem cuttings in
> midsummer.
> [C. plumbaginoides] is a good groundcover for a lare area,
> although it comes in leaf late in the spring. Divide every few
> years if the clumps begin to thin out. Makes an excellent
> groundcover for areas planted with Crocus bulbs, coming into
> leaf as the bulbs fade. Zones 5-8.
>
> Janet
>
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