Fw: [SG] dry shade---pulmonaria
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- Subject: Fw: [SG] dry shade---pulmonaria
- From: M* T* <m*@CLARK.NET>
- Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 02:09:45 -0500
Kris,
I grow many Pulmonaria 'Mrs. Moon' in very dry shade. Grows fine, blooms
and seeds around madly, but this particular cultivar is subject to
powdery
mildew when it gets too dry. Some of the newer cultivars (I'm thinking of
'Excalibur' here) seem to need more moisture to even survive than the old
tough as boots 'Mrs. Moon'.
Your plant could have looked puny because the soil was also not very good
to start with?? You need to give plants that are in dry shade a good
start by adding some nice rotted organic material to the soil before you
plant them.
You can move them almost any time of year, but very early spring is
probably best, with July (in my area) being second best because that's
when
they have a semi-dormant period and are thinking about new growth.
I call early spring about mid March, but where you are, I imagine you
should wait at least until the end of the month - somebody from IL, speak
up here, please. Pulmonaria are early risers and you want to catch it
just
as it is waking up, but before it's put on much leaf growth.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Kris Plunkett <KrisP64@AOL.COM>
> Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 9:49 AM
>
> In a message dated 2/26/99 1:12:27 AM, CCREDUX@AOL.COM writes:
>
> <<
> << The "unkillable" plant I can't grow is pulmonaria. >>
> >>
> I hang my head in shame because I planted a pulmonaria last year in dry
shade.
> If it survives I do plan to move it, I hope it does.I wondered why it
looked
> puny. When can I move it? I live in central IL. Z 5
>
> Tia
> Kris P
