Re: Cimicifuga ramosa atropurpurea

In a message dated 02/19/2000 7:40:18 PM Central Standard Time,
jspece@SBTEK.NET writes:

<< Hi All,

 Last summer/early fall I ordered some TC liners of Cimicifuga
 'Brunette'.  Everyone has said they are extremely slow from seed...is
 this true for TC liners, as well?  Anyone have experience growing them
 on?  I put them into gallon pots and sunk them into the ground to over
 winter them.  What can I expect in the spring?  Thanks!!>>

 Josh I gave up on the seed a few years back-when I tried a number of
diffrent species and forms.
When you buy the small pots they do not do to much the first year-but grow
roots.
This year they should be larger and sturdier but it does take a while to get
a full grown plant.
Once your plants reach full size they do multiply at a reasonable pace and
division is an easy way to propagate large plants.

I have found that if you want to raise and sell Cimicifuga the best way is to
start with the small plants and grow them in the ground as mother plants and
pot up divisions in the spring for selling as they increase.  This is cheeper
and you get better plants to offer to your customers. It does add two years
from the payment of new plants to income though.

 I have had good success using a well decayed organic soil mixture plus peat
moss and perlite with a mix of 40% organic soil (decayed river bottom "peat"
and black dirt) 40% peat and 20% perlite.  Keep the plants moist at all times
and root growth is good.

They have roots very much like Aconitum or even like delphiniums.

I did add a new one last year-Cimicifuga japonica 'Acerina' Must have about
100 plants and plan on dividing them up and planting them all around the
"yard."

I see that Terra Nova has a new one out too, Cimicifuga 'Black Negligee' but
at $288 for a flat I do not have enough nickels saved up to get it this
spring.

Marge and Gene if you would like to trade some divisions I would not mind
trading the 'Black Hills Beauty' or when spring comes I do plan on getting
some of the 'Brunette.'

The C. simplex "White Pearl' that I have had for the last ten years, as I
mentioned earlier blooms late (late October). I think I have finally gotten
rid of all of them except for two plants, which I will plant out and keep-but
if there are some forms that bloom sooner I would be happy to locate one.

Paul
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