Re: New Plants/ Skunk Cabbage
Hello Sheila,
Saw where Marge provided a link to some photos for you. Did the link answer
your questions? Main difference between the blooms is color. Native is white the
one from Japan is yellow. The native is also rated a bit more hardy. L.
camtschatcensis is rated as zone 6.
Do you have an existing bog? Not difficult to make your own simply by burying
a child's wadding pool and filling with a mix of sand and peat. Do not fertilize
or add soil to the mix in any large amounts... these things like it on the very
lean side. Or, you could use and existing low spot and dig a bit deeper removing
the sod and soil, line with one of the pool liners and refill, using rocks to hide
the edge of the liner.
Use high open shade here, the farther north you travel the more sun they can
take if the moisture is there consistently.
Nothing difficult about growing them if the proper habitat is provided.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael D. Cook <mikecook@PIPELINE.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 10:45 PM
Subject: [SG] New Plants
> Time to plant something different - can someone give me information on
> Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton spp.)? I have seen it growing naturally in a
> swampy backwater, but will it grow in a moist garden area? How much sun
> does it tolerate?
>
> Gene lists two species...which is easiest to grow, and what is different
> about the appearance between the two? I cannot find a photo of L.
> camtschatcensis anywhere.
>
> Lastly, does anyone know where I can purchase the Japanese Primrose
> variety, 'Postford White'?
>
>
> Sheila Smith
> mikecook@pipeline.com
> Niles, MI USA, Z 5/6
