Re: bloodroot
- Subject: Re: [SG] bloodroot
- From: B* P*
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 10:33:10 -0400
> In a message dated 4/19/02 9:59:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> campanin@AD.UIUC.EDU writes:
>
> << It got warm so fast this year, that my double bloodroot evidentally
> bloomed while I was at work because only the leaf is showing now. But at
> least it's still surviving! The single bloodroot clump in my shady ash
> tree bed was gorgeous until the heat wave came.=20 >>
>
> Susan,
> and Claire Peplowski replied
> Don't be too sad, it is a short lived flower. A much desired and loved
> plant , but a short lived flower. It is native on our property or was
until
> the deer cleaned it out. Add other wildflowers with it so the short life
of
> bloodroot is not so diaappointing. I am sure Gene will give you a good
> combination. Even here in the north when we have a the more normal cool
> April, it is short lived flower. It is considered a connoisseur's plant
> amongst the alpiners so feel very accomplished. A few smaller ferns might
be
> good.
I would add:
True each flower has only a short life, but with a thousand or so scattered
over my 3/4 acres, I will have bloodroot in bloom for three, possibly four
weeks.
Bill Plummer
Painted Post, New York, USA
Zone 5
77º 07' 27'' West; 42º 09' 10" North
