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Re: [SG] Good Companions/ Now Arisaema

Hello Michael,
        Now you have hit on a favorite of mine I have been slowly collecting for
some years now. You can begin by going to my web site and checking out the
three part series I have on Jack in the Pulpit and his Relatives. Look in
the newsletter section. Personal experience growing these beauties for some
years and cross references with other growers in the US led to the
conclusion that most are far more hardy than listed in most gardening
literature. There is a chart listing quite a few for hardiness.
        Since many of these foreign species are late emerges hardiness rating is
helped. Just emerging into bloom in my garden right now are A.
candidissima, A. jacquemontii, A. intermedium and A. flavum. A. tortuosum
just completed its bloom cycle along with A. dracontium. I try to order in
3's for a good looking display and to help in pollination since I want
seeds from mine along with offsets. These are strange creatures when it
comes to sex. They change from year to year and begin life as a male. Once
mature and life is good enough to produce seeds they will become female.
There are also both sexes present in some mature species.
        I germinate all my seeds in open coldframes and leave them there in the
pots. I want my Arisaema to be in tune with the local weather. I should
have seedlings for sale this fall of A. dracontium, A. triphyllum (dark
form), A. flavum, A. tortuuosum, and A. jacquemonti. At reasonable prices I
may add. I divided A. candid. last year so I don't know if I will do it
again this year for sale. Will have them next fall if not before.
        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: Michael D. Cook <mikecook@PIPELINE.COM>

> Subject: [SG] Good Companions
> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 7:44 PM
>
> Wayside sells an aroid, Arisaema candidissima, which I bought last year.
I
> think I paid about $40.00 for it, so I have to call it an investment.  As
> it is not hardy in my area, it is planted close to the house and mulched
to
> force it through the winter.
>
> It bloomed about two weeks ago, is still holding the bloom (plus the
> enormous leaf has opened); let me just say it is gorgeous.  For those of
> you who don't own one, it is well worth the price, and a survey of our
list
> members may unearth a nursery who has it at a lower price.  My only
> disappointment is that it decided to bloom 'facing' the house rather than
> the front of the border.  Do you suppose it is yearning for the slightly
> shadier conditions closer to the house (facing the front of the border
> would expose the spadix to sunlight)?  Or, if it is turned in that
> direction because of the position of the bulb, may I turn the bulb around
> so it is in the right position to face front next year?
>
>
> Sheila Smith
> mikecook@pipeline.com
> Niles, MI  USA, Z 5/6
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