Re: Organic/weed control
- Subject: Re: Organic/weed control
- From: M* T*
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 03:12:29 -0400
> 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.>>>>>>>>
Well, Bill...helps if you haven't got much grass to start with:-) V.
major is so rampant the only thing that comes up in it around here is
bamboo...
>
> <<<<Phlox divaricata===>Never thick enough to be a groundcover for
me>>>>>>>
Interesting as mine makes an impenetrable mat...may be the difference
in climate?
> <<<<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.>>>>
Again, may be the climate difference as I have several that seed. In
fact, my 'Excalibur' seeded without my knowing and the seedlings
managed to choke out the true form in one season :-( Seedlings have
large silver patches, but NOT the total silver leaf of 'Excalibur'.
>
> <<<<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 have not had courage to try this yet as it is said to loathe our
hot humid nights...and I do lust for this plant!
> <<<<<Symphytum grandifloria===>Would not want to be without this
plant.>>>>
>
> How tall are your plants?
When not in bloom, about 4" to 6"; when in bloom about a foot tall.
>
> <<<<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.>>>>
Agree with Claire....you need to sow seed thickly and they sprout
like mustard and cress just about anywhere...don't cover the seed;
just scatter it on top of the soil.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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