Re: Any colorful shade plants that last all summer?
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Any colorful shade plants that last all summer?
- From: B* B*
- Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 17:49:18 -0400
RE: Houttuynia
Pretty plant. I don't have it growing here and have only used it once on a
job, where it will be contained with granite rock outcroppings in dry
condition.
I did carry some to sell one year, with advice! Story behind that is this -
the pots sold. Next year there was H- growing in the selling area right
where the pots were! YIKES! so if you put it in a pot in the ground...make
sure that there are no holes in the bottom/sides of the pots!
Bobbie
Bobbie Brooks, MA zone 6.5
Gardens In An Old Fashioned Way
http://daylily.net/gardens/bobbiebrooks.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Diane Whitehead <voltaire@ISLANDNET.COM>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Sunday, July 02, 2000 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: [SG] Any colorful shade plants that last all summer?
>My goodness, Ginny, do you mean Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'? Yes,
>colourful leaves, white flowers with a tall cone in the centre.
>Bitter orange smell when you rip it out. And rip it out is what I
>did. It was taking over in my dry garden. I shudder to think what it
>would have done in the moist conditions it prefers. I know someone
>who grows it in a pot at the edge of a concrete pool. Looks great,
>and can't escape.
>
>
>>Diane Whitehead will know the name of the thing I'm talking about. It is
a
>>red/green/yellow foliage. Survives well in Ontario zone 4 and grows like
a
>>weed here in Victoria. Japanese something I think. Will give good colour
>>year round in your garden.
>>Ginny in Victoria
