Re: astillbes not blooming
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] astillbes not blooming
- From: M* T*
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 03:39:31 -0400
Kris, think Paul is right about the light where you are. Here, they
will bloom in no direct sun, but the soil needs to be continually
moist...they do NOT like dry soil one little bit. Clay is OK, as
long as it is well amended as they are heavy feeders.
Dunno about your Heuchera as they can take sun and if you are
watering and the soil is decent, they should bloom. As I noted to
Donna, 'Palace Purple' is not something you want to grow for the
flowers - they are totally insignificant - grow it for the purple
foliage and move that baby before it fades away from competition:-)
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Kris Plunkett <krisp64@ONEBOX.COM>
> Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 9:58 AM
> The Astillibe is in dry partial shade and the ladys mantle is in
two
> different spots that are partial shade and clay soil The coral
bells
> are in a dry sunny spot but I water quite a bit. The purple palace
is
> just a small young plant so wasn't to surprised about it not
blooming.
> However it is in a spot with some larger plants and looks like it
might
> get chocked out.
>
> Kris P IL
