Re: Primroses
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Primroses
- From: G* O*
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 07:55:24 -0500
Marge,
Thanks for sharing Martha's instructions for the wet sand bed. I also
went back and read your piece on the Primrose Path, very well done!
Problem is that I get an error message when I try to link to them. The URL
you gave is the same one I have bookmarked, so it's not your error.Do you
have an updated address for them?
Gerry
At 04:43 AM 2/24/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Along the lines of the buried wading pool Gene mentions, Martha
>Oliver, of Primrose Path Nursery, permitted me to put her
>instructions for building a wet sand bed for primroses online - they
>grow all theirs in wet sand beds, she says.
>
>Here's the URL: http://suite101.com/topic_page.cfm/222/266
>
>I moved all my P. japonicas to my "bog" and they seemed quite happy
>during last summer's drought, whereas they were dying like flies in
>my regular borders, no matter how much I watered them. Figured I'd
>try the wet sand bed method if the "bog" failed me:-)
>
>Might be of use to some of you who are having trouble keeping the
>lovely P. japonicas during hot, dry summers.
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
