Re: Surprise lilies and Maginot Line of bamboo

Hi Marge,
Mine do okay in a bed with widely spaced, mature peonies-- the lycoris
are in the center space between the peony plants, (the lycoris leaves are
never lying on the peony crowns, the peonies are 3 feet apart) and the
peonies spread out when they come up and hide the bare space. The pink
lilies peeking up in August among the peonies are kind of cute... and the
naked ladies aren't naked. However, they multiply much faster when they
are in open ground and have their own space.

			Mary
			zone 6 MO

 
> Wish I could find something, however, to cover the ground in the
> interim where my patches of them grow.  I keep trying assorted
> annuals once the foliage has died down, but nothing seems to work
> well and they do leave large bare patches of ground for some time. 
> Foliage is so thick that nothing perennial survives...at least
> nothing I've tried.
> 
> What do all of you who grow these lovely bulbs use to hide the bare
> spots from late spring to late summer?
> 
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@clark.net
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> > From: Pat <pattm@execpc.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 4:59 PM
> > 
> > > Have a
> > >*lot* of bamboo, so mean to make a bamboo Maginot line here - not
> > >really decorative, either, but am beyond 'decorative':-)
> > Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> > 
> > Marge . . .. ummm . . .err . . you do realize that the *real*
> Maginot
> > line was totally ineffective?  The Germans went around it . . . . 
> .
> > 
> > To keep this *legal* in the list sense, last year I posted that my
> > surprise lily's foliage came up in spring but I never got flowers. 
> 
> > Well, the foliage is back this year, so they aren't dead.  Is 
> there
> > anything I can do NOW to better my chances of getting blooms this
> > summer?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Pat 
> > pattm@execpc.com
> > Zone 5 SE Wisconsin 
> > (still hoping for someone to tell me when they prune their
> Buddleias
> > back in my zone)
> > 
> >
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