Re: bluebells/ Mertensia
- Subject: Re: bluebells/ Mertensia
- From: J* G* a* O* P*
- Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 07:45:33 +0100
The message <e1.15e25cbf.28544a4f@aol.com>
from Blee811@aol.com contains these words:
> 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
Sorry, I should have specified. It is Mertensia virginica (which the
RHS Dictionary says should be called M pulmonaroides now. Is that
right or has it changed again?!). Thanks for the helpful info.
Janet Galpin, near Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK, Min temp: -8
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