Re: Understory "groundcover"
- Subject: Re: [SG] Understory "groundcover"
- From: R* F*
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 23:46:35 -0400
Hi Gene- I also have Partridgeberry in my woodland garden, near my Arisaema.
I would love to propagate some to put in other areas. Any suggestions on
propagation? Thanks Robin
----- Original Message -----
From: "GeneBush" <genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM>
To: <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: [SG] Understory "groundcover"
> Hello Bobbi,
> Partridgeberry is also native here locally. I just completed a plant
portrait
> on this one for a magazine to be published this fall or early winter.
> This plant is iron-clad... nothing seems to bother it. I have had it
several
> years now in the garden and it has always been brightly evergreen, usually
with a
> few berries remaining until the next year's blooms come on. Hugs the
ground like a
> pancake. I use mine for filling in spots after Arisaema have gone dormant.
> It is commercially available here.... just sold out and I am growing
more up
> in the holding area for this fall or next spring.
> Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
> around the woods - around the world
> genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bobbi Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
> Subject: Re: [SG] Understory "groundcover"
>
>
> > A darling short groundcover that I just saw growing wild in the
mountains
> > of North Carolina is Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens). It seems to be
> > evergreen with white flowers and sweet red berries. Will that work for
> > you, and is it commercially available?
> snip....
> > Bobbi Diehl
> > Bloomington, IN
> > zone 5/6
>
