acanthus
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: acanthus
- From: N* S* <s*@INTERPORT.NET>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 23:47:16 -0400
Clyde: I'm interested in what you said about acanthuses. I have a big one
that's never bloomed, and I've heard that (for some reason) they usually
don't in the East Coast. Do yours? I've only seen them blooming in southern
France. Nice foliage, though.
Nancy S.
>In a message dated 6/1/1999 1:25:14 PM Central Daylight Time,
>stedman@INTERPORT.NET writes:
>
><< they're virtually
> the only plants that provide bright color in the shade in summer. >>
>
>Check out some of the woodland anenomes. Begonia grandis. (I take it you want
>color rather than simply flowers?) What about the variegated kerria and
>caladiums and , for part shade, the Japanese waxbells--kirengoshoma sp.;and
>the vining hydrangea.
>IMO, nothing is better than the plain, ol' impatienses for color. Also, for
>color--- fallopia.The blue flowering lobelia. Lysimachia punctata
>'Alexander'. AND for a sensation==Acanthuses!!
>
>Clyde Crockett z5
>
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