Re: [SG] Brunnera Q. for Gene

Hello Again Sally,
        Watch the leaves later this summer of the Brunnera. Some time during late
July or August into early September we go into our hot and dry. If you see
the leaves getting brown edges like they have been burned a bit, then you
may want to think of moving them once again to more shade. Just take a good
size root ball of soil with them. They do appreciate a lighter soil with
more organics if they can get it. Since they have already had some problems
I would just watch them until the summer for now.
        Sounds as though they get plenty of attention on  regular basis from you
so it wont be difficult just to keep an eye on them. Good luck,   Gene
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> From: sally knauss <sjknauss@WEBTV.NET>
> Subject: Re: [SG] Brunnera Q. for Gene
> Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999 1:46 PM
>
> The reason for the rock is pretty simple.  The area where I planted them
> is on the south side of the front porch, west side of the house in an
> "L" shaped area under the cover of a very big oak (this is the same
> place where I put the trillium).  It gets only dappled shade in the
> afternoon.  I was trying to make a "natural habitat" for KY natives.
> Very clay soil with what ever was in the ground from construction years
> ago.  I had several natives already there on their own (they just kinda
> showed up over the years).
>
> A native bush (still unidentified) was becoming a huge weed and so I
> removed it.  Other than mulch, this area's soil has never been improved.
> I thought the brunnera would be beautiful in this setting (which they
> were) but seemed to be having trouble and not growing as well as I
> thought they should.
>
> The site is wet even during summer droughts, so I felt they deserved
> better drainage.  That's why I put the rocks under them.  I thought they
> had responded well.  I had fertilized them with worm castings. I guess I
> will need to do this again.  I won't give up on them too easily, I just
> wanted to know if they had a chance.
>
> Thanks for the information
> Sally
> zone 6, west KY
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