Re: Hmmm!Japanese Parsley and more goodies

Well Chris, you've made my day...this is it. I have the purple one, and suspect I'll be happy with it. Went to a garden sale today. Lady is open only 4 weekends per year. Drove there saying to myself "Be good, Be good" Well, I wasn't really bad but managed to limit myself to some yellow Verbascum, a tall fluffy white Persicaria, golden hops, Valerian, etc. Tags and plants are still in the car and will have to stay there until hubby hits the golf course. Need a non rainy day for that to happen though.

Lillian, Zone 5

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
Reply-To: perennials@hort.net
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: Re: Hmmm!Japanese Parsley
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 08:52:12 -0500

> Someone gave me some "Japanese Parsley" late last summer. Planted some in
> shade,(doing very well) some in a semi sun area(much sparser). I have no
> idea what the botanical name is. Leaves are pretty though. BUT, I spent
> several hours today weeding and found a whole bunch of these littles guys
> all over the garden. Do I have a thug? Or should I just make sure it
> doesn't seed. I don't even remember any flowers last year.

Hi Lil,

I'm guessing that you have Cryptotaenia japonica[1]. Is yours purple
or green? The purple-leaved form is actually forma atropurpurea
and seems to do well for me now in sun and shade.

I find seedlings throughout the yard on occassion, but they're never
invasive or overwhelming. They seem to appear where drainage is good.

Probably the best accidental combination was a plant that emerged smack-
dab in the middle of a bed of Oenethera speciosa 'Siskiyou' [2] which
was in front of Spiraea japonica 'Magic Carpet' [3]. The purple
leaves show up nicely against the golden spirea, and since they're not
glossy they complement the pink in the primroses well too!

Chris


[1] http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/pictures/p04/pages/cryptotaenia-japonica-1.htm
[2] http://www.hort.net/gallery/view/ona/oenspsi40/
[3] http://www.hort.net/gallery/view/ros/spibumc41/

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS

_________________________________________________________________
Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS

Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index