Re: [SG] Sweet Woodruff
Hello Peggy,
As you say when visiting my garden, I am far from a purist when planting
a garden or considering design. I simply choose the plants for the micro
habitat that please my eye. For instance, one planting on the inside circle
of the garden contains Hellebores in 3 species for early color and great
foliage the rest of the year. There is also the Ostrich Fern, and Strawberry
Begonia weaving throughout all. There is also native Solomon's Seal with the
variegated Solomon's Seal separated by a flow of Blue-Eyed Mary. For summer
color there is the Great Blue Lobelia. All of this plays off of the cedar
posts I have formed into a low fence or boundary along the stream edge. What
the designers call a "Wild Garden".
Your Sweet Woodruff is up on the raised bed with hosta Patriot, black
Monkey Grass, Hairy Lip Ferns and Columbine in yellow blooms.
Don't know what that does for your eyes, but I am pleased. Gardening is
all about pleasing ones self in final analysis.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Peggy L Kinnetz <pkinnetz@JUNO.COM>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [SG] Sweet Woodruff
> You know, I had never thought about it consciously, but I have two
> different types of shade gardens in my backyard. The more traditional
> ones with hybridized flowers/plants(lillies, sweet woodruff, daffodils,
> hostas & others) and the more natural/native ones (ginger, ferns,
> dutchmans breeches, trillium, etc) that surround the perimeter of the
> yard. And I agree, that the plants don't always mingle well with each
> other, in terms of aesthics.
>
> I have the Asperula oderata in the center and focus gardens, but this is
> so similar to another native plant, that I can't automatically eliminate
> it from the natural/native area (You've guessed that I'm not a purist).
> To get rid of it in select areas, I just pull it out. But then, I'm not
> trying to eliminate it, just keep it from crowding it's neighbors.
>
> I'd like to hear from others if they have also designed their gardens
> with this dichotomy and what plants are in which part.
>
> Peggy In Louisville, zone 6a
