RE: Another decorative perennial herb
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'" <perennials@mallorn.com>
- Subject: RE: Another decorative perennial herb
- From: N* B* <N*@multicare.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 08:31:28 -0700
Just a note re: St. Johns Wort...
I work at a hospital in Tacoma,and we have loads of the stuff all about
the place in beds. If you're like me, and you LOOOOOOVE yellow, you'll
heartily enjoy the blooms on this plant. I had no idea what it was
until I asked one of the gardners here. When he went on about how it
survives beautifully in poor soil, good soil, lots o'water, little
water, etc... I realized this was the perfect ground cover for a
troublesome slope that runs parallel to my driveway. the slope is about
5' deep sloping up to a height of approx 3' above the rest of the yard,
and 140' long. I wanted something that would move gracefully up hill to
the woodline, yet remain compact and soft. I watered down this horrible
hard pan soil, broke it up with a shovel so I could at least dig holes
for the plants, and I can't believe it, but these plants are happy as a
cat~!
Right now, I'm trying to figure something to place here and there
amongst the wort for a sprite of contrasting color.
nina
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gk11@webtv.net [SMTP:gk11@webtv.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 7:34 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Another decorative perennial herb
>
> Another colorfull perennial herb very much in the news right now is
> St. Johns Wort, with it's bright yellow flowers. This will be the
> signature plant this year at the 16th Annual Herb Symposium
> "Celestial
> Herbs" being held in Reading , Pa. June 22 and 23 . The keynote
> speaker
> is Susan Wittig Albert from Texas , who is the author of the China
> Bayles Herbal Mysteries series and she also books for children &
> younng adults, incuding the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series.
> If anyone would like more information on the
> symposium, you can e-mail me privately.
> Grace~~~~~in very wet & soggy Pa.
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