Re: bluebells/ Mertensia
- Subject: Re: bluebells/ Mertensia
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 23:58:07 EDT
In a message dated 6/9/01 2:26:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
decoy.farm@zetnet.co.uk writes:
<< I have some young Mertensia plants grown from seed kindly sent by Tom
Stuart through the ephemeral seed-list. As Mertensia isn't often seen
in UK I'm unsure about conditions. I gather it's a woodlander and
likes shade, but I'd like to know how difficult it is, how fussy as
to type of soil and whether the soil has to be definitely damp. >>
Janet, if it's Mertensia virginica, I don't think it's fussy at all. But it
is a woodlander and can probably benefit from moisture until it is
established. If it is some other Mertensia, I don't know their requirements.
Bill Lee
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