Re: silver and grey foliage/Lychnis
- Subject: Re: silver and grey foliage/Lychnis
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 13:58:26 EST
In a message dated 3/26/02 7:09:12 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Mclainakag@aol.com writes:
<< Marge: I've had the pleasure of trying Lychnis just once. I was given a
seedling in the spring of 2000. The plant grew well during it's first year
and, before it was able to bloom, last spring it died. I think it was just
a
little wet for it. >>
Plant the Lychnis coronaria high and dry. Mix some sand into the planting
area and keep the plant higher than ground level, maybe a few rocks
creatively.
It will seed all over the garden and find places that it likes to grow.
L. cornonaria rots here, too, if not planted in good drainage. It is so
fertile that some always survive. Marge gave me some of her white ones and
both do well if planted on slopes.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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