Re: Pulmonarias

In a message dated 3/14/02 9:17:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
genebush@otherside.com writes:

<<     My plants are along a cliff edge about half way down my hillside garden
 were they stay well drained in decent soil and mulch of chopped leaves.
 Winds whistle in from the west that is open in my garden. Have as yet to cut
 a leaf and remove it because of mildew......
     Going to be in the low 70's today... feel like streaking through the
 daffodils... if I can shake this flu bug... >>

Hi Gene,

I loved pulmonaria for a long time as it will grown almost anywhere including 
in mapleroots.  When I moved to my ye olde farm, all the pulmonaria (except 
longfolia and children) turned yukky, shriveled and ugly about the end of 
June.  I thought I pulled them all out and put bergenia around their places 
when I discovered they seed themselved and are still coming up yearly.

The self seeded and not removed pulmonaria are healthier than the 
transplants.  I don't the reason for this. I do know most plant fungi require 
dry leaves to set up housekeeping and that may help our plant become infected 
as we have had continuing very dry midsummer periods and I cannot water most 
plants as we have well water.  If one is growing pulmonarias, all kinds, and 
I like most of them, with no mildew, count your blessings and don't bring any 
home from New York State.

Ed and I in So American in January were required to walk through large square 
pans filled with foam rubber which was soaked in some pesticide or chemical 
that was alway unidentified.  I ruined a pair of shoes doing this.  We aksed 
but were never told just what was being guarded against in that muck.  We 
went back and forth over borders so got to do this many times.  It is just a 
funny thought but you could use something like that in your nursery and keep 
out all the mildews and viruses and unidentified pathogens floating 
around.<VBG>

Marge has that flu bug thing also.  A late winter surprise in the East.  If 
you did not get the pulmonaria mildew, you did get the flu thing.  It must be 
awful as folks with this flu are gone from communication for weeks.  Take 
care Gene that you allow yourself to get well before you get into heavy 
spring work.  It has been very much talked about here.

Claire Peplowski 

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