Re: Lithodora diffusa
- Subject: Re: Lithodora diffusa
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 13:25:36 EDT
In a message dated 5/24/01 9:56:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, llmen@execpc.com
writes:
<< Thanks, Claire. The posts were rather informative and convinced me
that trying to overwinter it here in cold, alkaline, Wisconsin would
probably be an exercise in futility. Guess I'll just try to keep it
happy for the summer. >>
Don,
If you think it won't survive would you consider a dry cold frame. A frame
with a free draining mix at ground level or slightly below keeps plants alive
for me.
If I am uncertain (and here there is a lot to cause uncertainty) I put the
plant into a frame slightly below ground level with a sandy mix. Ed fills
the frame with oak leaves after the first freeze and a great many tender
plants come through. Some I replant in the garden and others in containers.
I am able to keep the terrestrial orchid, bletilla. alive and thriving this
way. Again it cannot be a high water retaining mixture.
The frame is busy all summer with cuttings and perennial seedlings. It is a
valuable tool for the gardener.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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