Re: Mazus reptans/Groundcovers
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Mazus reptans/Groundcovers
- From: P*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 22:53:00 EST
LOVE Mazus reptans for everything: great ground cover -- sun and shade, good
"filler" for containers--it trails beautifully, perfect for wall crevices and
makes a plushly carpet between stepping stones. I mix the white with the
violet form and they are extremely hardy as well as trouble free here in zone
7. I am trying out a lot of new ground covers this year to see how they fare
as far as drought and traffic tolerance, spreading habits, shade or sun
loving etc. I guess the biggest factors to consider are the location of the
area and how it is to be used. The topic of
groundcovers is endlessly fascinating*
Principal parts of the stem: 1. xylem (pronounced zeye lum)makes up most of
the stem and carries the water and food from the root to the top part of the
plant , 2. phloem (pronounced flow um) is part of the bark of the stem and
carries food up and down 3. cambium (pronounced came be um)is where all the
growing is going on. The cells found on the inside of the cambium become
xylem and those on the outside become phloem. It is like a big sandwich, with
xylem as one bun and phloem as another and cambium as the peanut butter in
between. These parts are found in both woody and herbaceous stems though not
arranged the same way. Woody stems are easy to tell, they are, well, woody
and hard and usually brown, like in trees. Herbaceous stems are soft and
succulent and tend to die back to the ground in cold winters, like scented
geraniums.
Subj: catalogue/fall shipping
Date: 9/29/99
To: <A HREF="w*@pilot.msu.edu">wildtype@pilot.msu.edu</A>
Hi - I'm interested in the wildflowers I saw online. Do you have a printed
availability listing? Please include wholesale and shipping info. Thank you!
Holly Hillman
<A HREF="mailto:<PolarisOn@AOL.com>">PolarisOn@AOL.com
<A
HREF="mailto:<Polarison@aol.com">Holly Hillman Magic Rush Inc. 902 Wharton
St. Greensboro NC 27401
Xeriscape Gardening News
from High Country Gardens
http://highcountrygardens.com
Issue #1 -- September, 1999
Publisher: David Salman
Chief Horticulturist
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