Re: [SG] ligularia/ bog pools

Sounds lovely! Do you have your "bog" in sun or shade?

                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
>
>----------
>> 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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