Re: [SG] ligularia/ bog pools
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] ligularia/ bog pools
- From: G* <g*@OTHERSIDE.COM>
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 08:35:45 -0400
Hello Mary,
I may have been the one to bring up child's wading pool for a bog. The
concept isn't original with me, however. This year I hope to find time to
renovate my two. Going to try a couple of Skunk Cabbages ( one yellow, one
white bloom) for large plants and then some new Primula along with a Royal
Fern. Throw in a Marsh Marigold if there is room.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
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> From: M R W <mrwill1@JUNO.COM>
> Subject: Re: [SG] ligularia
> Date: Monday, April 05, 1999 5:40 PM
>
> Thanks, Marge. That sounds hopeful.
>
> My plan was to adapt something someone (was it you, Gene?) said last fall
> on using a buried child's wading pool to make a moisture bed for growing
> primulas. I only have room for one ligularia so was hoping to dig a nice
> big hole and line it with plastic to retain moisture rather than having
> it drain away, since I know I won't water enough to make it happy
> otherwise.
>
> A bonus to this, I hope, would be to create damp edges around this for
> other plants that like extra moisture but not as much as the ligularia.
>
> Mary
> zone 6
>
> >Well, I've been waiting for someone who actually knew the answer to
> >your
> >question to reply, but if they've done it - I've missed it. So,
> >FWIW...
> >
> >'The Rocket' will grow in average garden soil as long as you keep it
> >moist.
> > It will droop like mad when it gets hot, no matter how much you
> >water, but
> >it's a lovely plant, nonetheless.
> >
> >I don't know how it would do in a bog. I moved my 'Desdemona' to my
> >new
> >"bog" (really more of a damp) garden last fall and see two leaves
> >emerging,
> >so it stood really wet soil over winter.
> >
> >Both are ligularias, but different species, so I don't know if they
> >would
> >respond the same to lack of good drainage. Christopher Lloyd seems
> >to
> >think the entire genus does well "on any soil or site, well drained or
> >not"
> >(The Well-Tempered Garden)...so maybe it will.
> >
> >Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> >mtalt@clark.net
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> >> From: M R W <mrwill1@JUNO.COM>
> >> Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 5:48 PM
> >>
> >> I've been looking at Ligularia "The Rocket" for quite a while now
> >and
> >> just took the plunge and ordered it. My question: I know it needs
> >> moisture; is it "moist and well-drained soil" that it needs, or can
> >it
> >> take ground that's soggy, especially in winter?
> >>
> >> Thanks--
> >> Mary
> >> MO, zone 6
>
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