Re: FLAX

How did you get yours going?  My flax seedlings were devoured by slugs,
year after year, no matter what I did to control them.  Finally, I gave
up.


Devon Miller
Chevy Chase, Maryland
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From: Marie Yacuzzo
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: TANSY
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 8:56AM

I have some blue flax that I put in last year and I love it.  Does
anyone
know if it self-sows or "has babies"???

marie
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From: Fireraven9@aol.com <Fireraven9@aol.com>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: TANSY


>
>In a message dated 6/15/98 10:03:44 PM, cathym@fuse.net writes:
>
><<I live in Hamilton, Ohio, zone 6 (right now the rain capital of the
>state of Ohio) and have a Tansy in a container.  It is growing like a
>weed in this pot.  My question is, can it be planted in the ground?
How
>hardy is it for zone 6.  Does it spread and want to take over where
ever
>it is planted?  My ground is almost 100% clay.  What to I need to do to
>prepare the ground for the Tansy? >>
>
>If you put it in the ground it will spread like mad. It is hardy to
zone 5
and
>does fine in clay though my clay is likely a little dryer than yours.
Water
>seems to make it grow taller. Perhaps add a little sharp sand and
compost...
>or do nothing as tansy can grow in poor soil. It does like sun, but
will
>tolerate a little (not much) shade. Blue Flax would do well in the
sunny NW
>area that you have, so would Yarrow and the Tansy. Good luck.
>
>Lee Corbin Fireraven9@aol.com
>7200 feet  Zone 5 & Sunset Z 2
>5+ Acres of Forest & Meadow
>Central New Mexico Mountains
>Ponderosa,Pinion,Juniper,Oak!
>TaigaSemiArid**90DaySeason
>SoilPH-6.8to7-clay,sand,loam&
>limestonewith2to3'freezedepth
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