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Re: [SG] Companion Plants(Must Haves!) and A Whatzit!

Hello Clyde,
        May I ask how long you have grown the Omphalodes Starry Eyes? I tried that
one a few years back but it did not survive the winter in a holding area. I
do grow several other species of Omphalodes with success in the garden.
There are species native to this area. sometimes called Creeping Forget Me
Not.

        The Lysimachia as a group are known for their invasiveness. I have read
the material on the one you list below and it is described as spreading
into a patch, but not invasive. I know all these terms are relative, what
is your experience? I am beginning to get suspicious of just about any
perennial promoted by the PPA.
        Asarum shuttleworthii is indeed a lovely Ginger. It also turns a rich
burgundy during cold weather adding to its interest. I would not go a far
as describing it as better than the European Ginger. Perhaps different, but
not better.
        Congrats and good luck on your Whatzit
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
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> From: Clyde Crockett <CCREDUX@AOL.COM>
> Subject: [SG] Companion Plants(Must Haves!) and A Whatzit!
> Date: Thursday, July 16, 1998 10:01 PM
>
> All shade gardeners should have :
>
> Omphalodes cappadocica 'Starry Eyes'. White-eyed, azure-blue flowers. A
> knockout.
>
> Kirengeshoma koreana. Get this rather rare species of the Yellow Wax
> Bells--the foilage is much nicer than palmata.
>
> Asarum virginicum 'Shuttleworth'==better than the Canadian and European
types.
>
> Lysimachia ciliata 'Purpurea'. Almost black leaves, with those marvelous
star-
> shaped flowers.
>
> Acanthus hungaricus. Absolutely beautiful foliage with the usual
marvelous
> bracts. I like this one better than spinosum and mollis for the rather
> smoothly dendated leaves--distinctive!
>
> Whatzit: A seedling, very dark-green leaves, almost black--- lanceolate
> leaves--heavy substance--BUT there are a lot around with those
> characteristics--this one has PURE WHITE flowers! Not a trace of any
lavender,
> etc., striping! It just popped up in my yard! Am sending it for
evaluation.
> Might be a cross with 'Tokudama' which grows nearby. Moral=Let the bees
do the
> work and have a big gene pool.
> Clyde Crockett z5
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