Re: [SG] dry shade---Bergenia
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- Subject: Re: [SG] dry shade---Bergenia
- From: N* S* <s*@INTERPORT.NET>
- Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 09:04:32 -0500
Marge:
I looked outside and realized that "reveling" is kind of an
overstatement--it's more that my bergenia plants looked so much happier once
moved into deeper shade. They're still kind of puny, and I only get the
second June bloom, not the early spring one, and the flowers are nothing to
write home about anyway. My guess is that the plant does better where it's
not hot/humid and since I'm north of you my conditions are somewhat easier
but even further north (or more moderate)would be better. Incidentally, that
great garden Wave Hill, which is about a mile north of me, grows its
bergenias in deep, dry shade. Meanwhile, every winter my non-gardening
husband gives me his condolences for the purple-red leaves, which he
believes are a sign of illness (!).
Oh well,
Nancy S. (6B,in NYC)
>Well, that's totally ratty, Nancy, as I have managed to kill some in
>exactly the kind of soil/sun, etc. conditions you say yours are reveling
>in....plus in the same that yours didn't like. sigh...
>
>How's the humidity at night where you are in summer? Do your nights cool
>down below 70F in high summer?
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>mtalt@clark.net
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>> From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@INTERPORT.NET>
>> Date: Thursday, February 25, 1999 7:35 AM
>>
>> Clyde et al.: I'll put in my two cents. My bergenias really languished in
>a
>> bed of nice amended clay soil that gets two to three hours of strong
>> (midday) sunlight a day. But when I moved them to my worst spot
>(unamended
>> clay soil, no direct sunlight, terrible circulation) where only corydalis
>> lutea and epimediums have survived, they really took off. Go figure.
>> The "unkillable" plant I can't grow is pulmonaria.
>> Nancy S. (in NYC)
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