Re: Organic/weed control

In a message dated 9/22/01 9:17:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Blee811@aol.com 
writes:

<< > Vinca major and minor in assorted variegated forms===>I don't have any 
 > variegated forms, but have trouble keeping grass out of patches of 
this.>>>>>>>>

From a zone 4 gardener like you, try throwing 5-10-5 on the vinca in the 
early spring.  That makes a tighter patch.  The vari forms need a few years 
to become thick.
 
<<<<Phlox divaricata===>Never thick enough to be a groundcover for me>>>>>>>

Me either.  However, there are newer phlox forms in the rock garden catalogs 
that are wonderful in the shade and very aggressive.
 
 <<<<Pulmonaria 'Mrs. Moon' - really covers large patches of assorted
 ground -seeds around.  I leave it unless it gets in my way.===>Must not be 
 happy here, as it has never seeded for me. In fact, I don't recall that any 
 pulmonaria has done so.>>>>

Mine did not either until one spring about four or five years ago and now it 
is a pest as a grand clump mildews
 
 <<<<Brunnera macrophylla - also seeds around.===>Ditto. Although I have kept 
the 
variegated form going for a number of years when others seem to fail.>>>>

I can't find a single one that I have planted.  
 
 <<<<<Symphytum grandifloria===>Would not want to be without this plant.>>>>

How tall are your plants?
 
<<<<< Begonia grandis===>Not rampant enough here for a ground cover.>>>>

Does not survive here, Bill you must have some magic in your fingers or our 
altitude is the difference.
 
 <<<<Lunaria annua===>Have not found the right spot for this yet--it has 
never 
 reached blooming stage before dying for me. Everyone else seems able to 
 grow it though.>>>>

What you want to do is absolutely litter the spot with seed.  We cleaned 
(what a job) a bunch to contribute to an affair this weekend and have a 
bushel of seed. Send me your address privately and I will send you all you 
like.  The bloom was terrific this spring.  This is biennial and you must not 
weed out the plants the first year.

A good subject.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4



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