Re: [SG] Favorite Shade Ground covers
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Favorite Shade Ground covers
- From: C* P* <E*@AOL.COM>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 22:48:06 EST
In a message dated 1/2/99 10:57:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,
genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM writes:
<< Speaking of, Pulmonaria or Lungwort.... my favorite is one almost
never
seen in catalogs today. Johnson's Blue. Little dwarf leaves almost
evergreen that are a mat green and hairy. Forms a colony in reasonable time
and the blooms open in a sky blue and stay that way. Blooms from March into
early May. Beneath a blooming Azalea... wow! >>
Gene,
Can you vouch for any pulmonaria being free of mildew. I would try this one
or anyone free of mildew in the summer. Mine are always disfigured and cut
down after becoming shriveled and ugly. I grew this plant in sandy soil years
ago with no trouble. In my present garden I have had constant mildewing in
midsummer.
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
zone 4
