Re: Camassia
- Subject: Re: Camassia
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 15:05:24 EDT
In a message dated 6/21/02 2:48:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mygarden@easystreet.com writes:
<< Cheryl,
You can't go wrong with Camassia. They are a beautiful blue and will
naturalize and make a nice stand over time.
Marilyn Dube' >>
Cheryl,
I did not plant them for years as all the references mentioned Camassia as
being native to wet meadows. One spring I saw them blooming exuberantly in a
rock garden in England. I thought - this about the driest place in this
garden.
After that, I ordered several kinds, both the one called quamash which is
quite short and needs to be sited well to see it - also very low in cost for
lot of them.
The other taller one leichtlinii grows a bit over two feet here in our part
of the country and is completely hardy. It does not need wet meadows and
grows well and has for several years in my garden never once failing to
bloom. This taller one is sort of stately blooming in early June. I have
not given this bulb any special water conditions and it bloomed throughout
the drought years. This one is a bit more expensive but worth adding a dozen
or so once in a while.
Cheryl, I have awful trouble with mice and voles and it occurs to me as I
write this, I have never lost any of Camassia plantings. Maybe they are safe
as are the daffodils.
Go ahead and buy all you want, it is a good plant for our part of the
country. Marilyn is absolutely correct.
Claire Peplowski NYS zone 4
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