RE: More on pink bloodroot and double-digging
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- Subject: RE: More on pink bloodroot and double-digging
- From: M* D*
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 11:32:26 -0800
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Bill, Hope you enjoy your visit to the PNW this coming weekend. Hope to
visit the Daff show as my friend Jeanie Driver (Bonnie Brae Gardens) is so
involved. Just out of curiosity, if you double dig your soil to 3 ft (I
would be digging Columbia River Gorge boulders at that depth), then how deep
do you plant your bulbs?
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon
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Subject: Re: More on pink bloodroot and double-digging
In a message dated 3/26/00 10:18:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mtalt@clark.net
writes:
<< Now, that does sound nice. Had the double for one year and it
departed - what a really lovely flower and longer lasting than the
singles, tho' the plant wasn't. Keep meaning to acquire this again.
Pink buds would be really nice. >>
Thanks for the info on Jim's pink bloodroot, Marge. Interesting to hear
that
his and mine both come from Collector's Nursery (which I may get a chance to
visit this weekend during the World Daffodil Convention) and have the same
pink characteristics.
As for the double bloodroot, oh my. I lost my first two but have kept the
third purchase going for several years and it's increasing. This is one of
nature's most stunning flowers and worth trying over and over again. I have
it beside the front porch, on the east side. It only gets a few hours of
morning sun and we've mulched that area annually for 10 years so the soil is
now nice and loose and organic. I expect it to open tomorrow.
I also envy your having seen Clay Higgins' garden. He's a daffodil buddy of
mine, along with his wife Fran, but I only see them at shows and we email;
someday I'll get back to Maryland and visit that garden. All the advice on
deep soil preparation (3 feet is not too much) is probably going to test
out.
I'm doing the same experiment this year as Nancy Robinson and several
others. We'll see what the daffodils look like next year. I can't imagine
very many plants that would not benefit from deep digging. But if you are
not growing daffodils for exhibiting at shows, it may not be worth the
effort
unless you just love to dig. I'm expecting better size, increase, health,
and color for my efforts. Ask me in another year.
Bill Lee
Cincinnati
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