Re: H.Purlpe Palace: Advise please
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- Subject: Re: [SG] H.Purlpe Palace: Advise please
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 00:14:49 -0400
Connie, given the heat your part of the country has been having, I'd
second the motion to shade the plant and wait until things cool down
a tad to move it. I have dug and moved in mid summer, but only when
it's been damp and cloudy and not hideously hot. You can use
anything to shade the plant that creates some shade...how's that for
clarity? :-) Even a board or bit of wood shingle or a section of
wood lattice would help. You can even cut a branch from an
evergreen and stick that in the soil on the south/west side of your
plant. A little shade cloth on four stakes would work, too. The
idea of setting a large potted plant who likes sun on the west side
is good - could also put something on the south side of it. It will
appreciate any relief from intense sun that you can give it.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
Editor: Gardening in Shade
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> From: connie hoy <coneh@USWEST.NET>
> Date: Friday, July 21, 2000 11:11 AM
>
> Hello to all ,
> sure glad this subject came up as I have need of your advise..I too
planted
> H.purple palace in far too much sun.
> Its so bad the leaf coloring is bleaching out...The plants are
healthy
> otherwise,but move them I must..
>
> Question is should I do this now and transplant them to a more
shaded area and
> hope the the transplanting is less traumatic on it than the brutal
sun
> damage.?Or wait until til fall ?
>
> Advise please.
> Connie
