Re: Japanese knotweed or Polygonum cuspidatum
- Subject: Re: Japanese knotweed or Polygonum cuspidatum
- From: "Merri Morgan" m*@wcgnet.net
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 07:28:04 -0500
Marge, the description of it said 8 feet tall. Does that sound about right
to you?
Merri Morgan
zone 5b, WV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: Japanese knotweed or Polygonum cuspidatum
>
> Merri, that sounds like a marvelous border and I think this plant
> will fit in well. It starts out flowering with a sort of greenish
> white, turns red and then turns greenish-white again as they fade.
> Flowers are like billows of smoke; very tiny in huge numbers. Post
> after it's been there and flowered and let us know how you like it.
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@hort.net
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> > From: Merri Morgan <mmorgan@wcgnet.net>
> >
> > I'm looking forward to this plant, Marge. It's in a very large bed
> that
> > includes a native Joe Pye which gets close to 12 feet, native
> asters and
> > goldenrod, Aster tartaricus, ironweed, Aster laevis 'Bluebird', two
> native
> > Heleniums (H. flexuosum and my mind has gone blank on the other),
> Panicum
> > 'Rotstrahlbush', and a large sweep of purple Echinacea (I've
> forgotten the
> > cultivar) interplanted with Patrinia scabisifolia. I also replant
> a section
> > of this bed every year with 3 Salvia 'Indigo Spires', which grow
> enormous.
> > The whole thing is quite a late summer/fall show.
> > Merri Morgan
> > Zone 5b, WV
>
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