Re: Mrs. Moon was: Lungwort
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Mrs. Moon was: Lungwort
- From: M* L* <m*@micron.net>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 07:30:01 -0600
At 12:00 AM 6/20/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Janice,
>
>Mrs. Moon has put herself all over my garden - hundreds of them - in varied
>conditions from partial to fairly heavy shade (I have little full sun); in
>the gravel driveway and heavy clay. This is one tough plant except for its
>tendencies toward powdery mildew when it gets too dry.
(snip)
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>mtalt@clark.net
>Editor: Gardening in Shade
>http://www.suite101.com/frontpage/frontpage.cfm?topicID=222
>Gardening Topic Index for Suite101:
>http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/gardening.html
>
Marge, this mystifies me. In southwest Idaho (steppe or semi-desert
country), we get powdery mildew only when we have damp wet springs (like
just past), not when plants get too dry. Is that because of air humidity
and root zone dry? Thanks, Margaret
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