Re: Camassia
- Subject: Re: Camassia
- From: D* S*
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 08:11:26 -0600
I haven't grown Camassia in my yard, but it is a native plant here in Idaho.
We have two large areas, both called Camas Prairies. Both were important food
sources to our Native American tribes / Nez Perce and Shoshoni. Anyway.....
Here they grow in the meadows that are flooded in the late winter/spring.
They dry out later in the summer, at least to the point where there isn't any
standing water or soggy ground.
Deb
Idaho
>>> cherylisaak@adelphia.net 06/20/02 10:05PM >>>
Hi All,
I have been eying adding one or more of the Camassia family to the
garden. Everything I've read says they like damp - which is good
since where I want to put them tends to be very damp. ( I think my
lower lawn was a vernal pond before the developer came along - we
live with this very happily.)
I have a couple of questions
1. Do they survive damp feet in winter?
2. Can they be grown in full sun?
3. Are they worth growing, my only knowledge is strictly from
books/magazines?
Zimmerman and McClure have a nice selection of them and I have always
been happy with the quality.
So do I go for it?
Cheryl
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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH
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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH
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