Re: lithospermum
Hello Bobbi,
Been a while since I experimented with these.... if I remember correctly there
are two rockseeds out there in the market. Believe one is a cultivar called
something like "Grace Ward", the other is a different species. The one with a
lady's name is border line tender here and a bit touchy to transplant. Never had
one survive past two years. The other get about 18 inches tall and forms a
ground-cover. And ground cover, and groundcover... as the stems bend over they
touch the ground and take root.
Have been working the past two years to rid myself of this one. It marched
over a log, up the hill and into the woods.The tiny blue flowers beneath a red
leafed Japanese maple were nice....
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Bobbi Brooks <lilylady@PRODIGY.NET>
Subject: [SG] lithospermum
> I have tried Lithospermum on job sites. It is gorgeous in the pot purchased
> wholesale, so I always ended up with non myself.
>
> On one job, about 30 pots. Two years old now. Some made it over the winter
> and some did not. I am on the ocean and sometimes this is not as good as
> with snow cover quaranteed each year. We freeze and thaw....things to take
> into consideration.
>
> Well drained, composted loam.
>
> They bloomed for quite a while in the spring, this great blue color. The
> foliage was a little stiff...needlelike almost, and very deep green.
>
> I would love to try it again but alas it has not been available since.
>
> Bobbie
> Bobbie Brooks, MA zone 6.5
> Gardens In An Old Fashioned Way
> http://daylily.net/gardens/bobbiebrooks.htm
