Patrinia triloba
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- Subject: Patrinia triloba
- From: H* D* B* M* U*
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 07:25:38 -0400
Dear Susan: I have grown Patrinia triloba for about four years; as I recall,
it came from the seed exchange of the North American Rock Garden Society
(their Harkness Seedlist describes ten different
patrinias at http://listserv.rifm.org/harkness/seedlist.cfm ).
. It is a handsome perennial, with loose
umbels of small yellow flowers in August-September, providing around three
weeks of bloom. It
is fairly tall, about 2 feet on average, in my garden. Because the flowers
are so numerous, it is eye-catching. This summer I resolved to move this
fall (to a spot adjacent to the Patrinia) a good-looking stand of Eupatorium
coelestinum. The two together should provide a very pleasing combination of
chrome yellow and lavender blue next summer. Patrinia is easy to cultivate.
It self-sows a bit, or seems to. Donald Wyman, in his Gardening
Encyclopedia, says it suckers, so maybe those aren't seedlings, but
underground extensions. If so, it suckers only modestly. I grow it in 3/4
sun. A friend of mine, Sara White, grows it against a white picket fence
that runs down to the water on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay; it
(among other things) makes me wish I had a picket fence on the Chesapeake
Bay. I can't recall having seen it in other gardens. In my opinion, it is
one of the best-kept secrets of perennial gardening.
--Harry Dewey, Beltsville, Maryland, zone 7/6
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 13:01:10 -0700
From: "Saxton, Susan" <SSaxton@Schwabe.com>
Subject: RE: Patrinia
Anyone have any experience with this plant. I have one I bought recently at
a close out season sale. I knew it was on my mental "get one when you see
one" list -- but the Western Garden book doesn't even list it. And yes, I
have a new edition!
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