Re: Deadheading alstromeria
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- Subject: Re: Deadheading alstromeria
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 00:12:32 -0500
BINGO! Valerie..that's it...thanks for finding it:-)
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Valerie-Anne Mullett <valerie-anne@lineone.net>
> Date: Thursday, March 23, 2000 8:17 AM
>
> Hi Marge,
>
> Your mentioning Christopher Lloyd sent me scurrying to my bookcase
- you are
> indeed right. It was in his Well-Tempered Garden, and he actually
says:
>
> "It is pleasant to discover that some of the most vigorous
herbaceous plants
> respond happily to being cut right down to the ground as soon as
they have
> flowered. ...... The best treatment for alstroemerias is to yank
out each
> stem with a sharp jerk. It will break cleanly away from the roots
at about
> 6 in. below the soil surface, and you can then plant something
temporary in
> the gap."
>
> Valerie, South Yorkshire, U.K.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com
> [o*@mallorn.com]On Behalf Of Marge Talt
> Sent: 23 March 2000 6:23
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Deadheading alstromeria
>
>
> Nan, that rings a bell in the dim recesses of my brain. I know
that
> I read it in something I considered authoritative.....could have
been
> one of Beth Chatto's books or perhaps one by Christopher Lloyd??
>
>
>
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