Re: Primroses
- Subject: Re: [SG] Primroses
- From: Marge Talt m*@HORT.NET
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 04:59:25 -0500
> From: Gene Bush <genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM>
> What I would not give for a small constant stream or pond here
so I
> could grow the tall candelabra type primula... sigh. I do have a
few
> Japonica in a child's wadding pool I buried and filled with sand
and peat,
> but that is not the same as large drifts of those beauties.
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You and me, both, Gene. I do have some pretty good masses of them,
however, in the damp bed I made....seeding all over and even into the
gravel path around the bed. They don't require sand/peat, really,
just consistently moist soil, when they will grow as big as cabbages.
Love those candelabras (well, I love all of them and the woodland
ones you mentioned as well, but the candelabras really pull my
chain).
What I wish I had was a naturally damp place in my garden - the kind
so many complain about and try to drain or fill; I have to make them
(lots of hard work) and there are so many plants who love damp that I
want to grow! What I thought was a pretty large bed (about 11x14) is
now chock full with no room for anybody else and some who will have
to be removed so that others can breathe...sigh. Gotta make another
bed to put them in.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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