Re: spring blooms
- Subject: Re: spring blooms
- From: "Gene Bush" g*@otherside.com
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 07:38:14 -0500
Hello Paul,
I just completed constructing my acid bed up on the hillside beneath
some pines and cedars. Wanted to come up with an special bed for plants that
are supposed to exist only in acid loving soils. Just transplanted 6 of the
pink ladyslippers to the bed. Also trying Iris verna in one corner. Using
Epigaea as a ground cover in and around the pink ladyslippers. Should be
interesting to watch it all unfold over the next few years.
Want to tell us the details of your fertilizing program for your lady
slippers? The yellow blooming??
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
----- Original Message -----
snip....
> Speaking of the ladyslippers, the clumps have increased well again this
year.
> The large clump has 21-24 shoots this year-up from 12 last year. The
three
> smaller ones have any were from 8 to 14 shoots. ( all have been in the
ground
> three years, and started off as 1 or 2 stemmed plants) It looks like they
> really like the fert program I put them on two years ago, with each clump
> doubling their size each year.
>
> Paul
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