Re: [SG] acanthus
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- Subject: Re: [SG] acanthus
- From: M* T* <m*@CLARK.NET>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 04:14:52 -0400
Well, Nancy, I think they are generally a tad hardier than books rate them.
They come back from the roots if nothing else. According to Clausen and
Ekstrom, A. spinosissimus is only hardy to z 7, whereas A. balcanicus is
hardy to z6....but they say all do well in sun to part shade.
How long have you had yours? Seems to me I had mine for a couple of years
before I got the first bloom from it. Are you saying you don't want yours
to flower or am I confused?
Know what you mean about the fantasy Med. garden! I have a "thing" for
Med. plants, who, by and large, despise my hot, humid climate...hence
making a sandbed for them:-) Seems to help with some of them. And, of
course, my garden is mostly shady, which Med. plants are not nuts about,
either....dreaming those impossible dreams:-)
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@INTERPORT.NET>
> Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 7:39 PM
>
> Marge (& Clyde): I have one Acanthus spinoissimus which, according to a
lot
> of sources, is not hardy here. I have treated it very, very badly. I
stuck
> it in an area of unamended clay that gets ravaged by the wind every
winter.
> This spring it became a glorious 2 1/2-foot-tall deep green specimen
that's
> as close as I get to having a hedge background. I'm sure it doesn't get
> enough light to bloom but I'd like to think that it wouldn' flower even
if
> it got what it needed. I have this fantasy Mediterranean garden in my
head
> based on my wish to live some place that has at least one 10' spot of
sun,
> and this plant will be a star there.
> Nancy
