Re: [SG] acanthus

Marge: My acanthus is three, maybe four years old. I would love to have
blooms but I've gotten more realistic in my expectations as I spend more
time in the shade.
Would love to know what you're going to put in your "Med" garden.
Nancy

>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
>
>
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