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Re: [PRIMROSES] Planting under trees was: New Member Bio

At 02:46 AM 1/3/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Sheila,
>
>Knew someone could add to my list! I wondered about Solomon's Seal, but as
>mine are in a consistently moistish spot, wasn't sure they'd do well in dry
>shade.

Marge, I was wondering the same thing about your inclusion of podophyllum,
because I was thinking of all the wild ones on my parent's property, which
grow in moist clay beside a creek.  I forgot all about my own
(store-bought) podophyllum, which was watered not once since its first year
(this year was its third) and it has tripled in crowns!  I bought Solomon's
Seal because it was advertised as a dry-shade plant, but have been growing
it in a garden bed where it is watered well, and it is growing
fantastically.  That is the variegated type.  I also bought the giant
Polygonatum communis (commutatum? whatever), and it died in a shady spot
where it received a moderate amount of moisture.  So my own experience with
Solomon's Seal is inconclusive, and I can't be sure if the water had
anything to do with one's success and the other's failure.  Perhaps some of
our fellows have grown this plant, and can shed a little light on the water
issue.

Sheila S.
mikecook@pipeline.com
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