RE: Prairie Smoke
- Subject: RE: Prairie Smoke
- From: "Donna " j*@prairieinet.net
- Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:59:37 -0600
I do not think it would survive in zone 6. It is a cool prairie plant.
It mostly grows in the spring and fall and spends summer just having
it's fruits with 2 inch tails just sway in the wind. It likes the dry
prairies and rock garden type soils. It has a limited native area, along
the bottom of the great lakes, swings upward into Canada, then back down
in the Dakotas. Recommended zones 2-5, full sun to light shade. Of
course pioneers made tea from the roots, claimed it treated digestive
disorders and reduced fevers. Does spread by rhizomes for those thinking
about adding it to the garden, although it does not appear to be
aggressive here in IL / IN.
Donna
Who better quit talking prairie plants on the wrong list.....:) And here
it is snowing, forecasting the worst storm of the season.....
>
> <<Geum triflorum, Marilyn. The file name gives it away from the
common
> name, Prairie Smoke. Here's a link to a nice photo:
>
> http://www.prairienursery.com/SpeciesASP/gtpage.asp
>
> Don Martinson>>
>
> Thanks Don for that picture link. I haven't seen this plant before.
> Sounds
> like it would do well in our hot dry summers here in Tennessee - or
would
> our
> open wet winters kill it? Maybe in sand-enhanced raised bed?
> Gale Link
> Nashville z6 - where we have finally had sun yesterday & today after 3
> straight
> gloomy weeks. I actually took some house plants outside yesterday to
do
> some
> urgent spraying & repotting.
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