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Re: Star-of-Bethlehem

 One of the beds in my garden is overgrown with star-of-bethleham ( and
crocus ) - it seeds into other plants which can get untidy - however the
plants do not seem to  mind at all and it looks pretty when in flower. I do
tend to pull out armfulls of leaves after flowering instead of leaving them
to die naturally. It is happily co-existing with lavenders, oreganos, sages,
pinks, roses in the sunny part of the bed and aquilegias, hardy geraniums,
grape hyacynths in the shade. I enjoy the cottage garden look of plants in
layers - which is just as well as it would be very hard to get rid of
star-of-bethleham in this bed. I would guess it would grow well where you
suggest - but be sure you won't change your mind later!

Alison in North Wales UK

-----Original Message-----
From: RobsGardn@aol.com <RobsGardn@aol.com>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 08, 1997 19:50
Subject: Star-of-Bethlehem



>According to a local gardening expert, “Star-of-Bethlehem ... behaves like
a
>shark in the garden: it displaces everything. The only way to grow
>Ornithogalum is to find a place where nothing will grow, then
>star-of-Bethlehem will”. He implies that it will kill anything around it.
>Does this include shrubs and trees as well as flowers, or am I safe
planting
>it around an azalea or dogwood tree and controlling it with edging and the
>lawn mower? I’m in zone 7, MD.


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