Re: variegated Typha (cattail) was: Forest Farm
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- Subject: Re: [SG] variegated Typha (cattail) was: Forest Farm
- From: M* T*
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 17:29:32 -0500
Sheila, I saw that cattail at the Philadelphia Flower Show last
spring and thought it was simply gorgeous and moaned that I had no
sunny bog for it. One spectacular plant! But, as I feared, you say
it wants sun :-(
If Japonica Water Gardens does mailorder, what's their address? Are
they on the web?
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Michael D. Cook <mikecook@PIPELINE.COM>
> Date: Thursday, January 13, 2000 6:06 AM
>
> At 12:31 AM 1/13/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >With all this talk about ordering from different nurseries, I just
had
> >to mention Forest Farm
>
> Yes, that is a great place, with such a huge selection you cannot
help but
> desire many things each time you peruse. Another great one is
Japonica
> Water Gardens, also in Oregon. It is the only place I have found
selling
> the variegated Typha (cattail), and absolutely gorgeous plant. It
doesn't
> need to be grown in standing water, just keep it moist in a sunny
area, and
> it will provide perfect, dappled shade and a nice backdrop for
hostas
> (especially blues). They also have alot of 'woods' plants like
Arisaema
> and Arasarum. The plants come wrapped in foil or plastic wrap, and
it
> looks somewhat crude, but the packing is evidently sufficient,
because the
> plants seem to take off with little or no transplant set-back.
>
>
> Sheila Smith
> mikecook@pipeline.com
> Niles, MI USA, Z 5/6
