Re: [SG] Pulmonarias

Re. pulmonarias and mildew:  the only one I have with a lot of mildew is
'Milky Way', which is probably not what the hybridizer had in mind when he
named it.  When is the most effective time to spray for this?  Is more than
one spray necessary for protection for the season?

Beth    z6

At 09:44 PM 6/21/99 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 6/21/99 2:06:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, CCREDUX@AOL.COM
>writes:
>
><< I find the mildew that is so prevalent on P. 'Mrs. Moon' is easily
>eradicated
> with one dousing of any fungicide.Pulmonarias should stay nice from spring to
> frost.I think the problem is that many of us are stingy when it comes to
> watering. Puls must be moist. >>
>
>Some of us do not have water.  Some of us on the east coast have been
>experiencing a drought.  The southern farmers are a nightly TV item.
>
>I find that if I water here and there it is practically useless as the
>surrounding soils leach away the water immediately.  A full scale drought
>period is indeed woeful to the gardener.
>
>There have been three very dry summers previous to l999.  We have our fingers
>crossed for a bit more rain this summer.
>
>Water districts in my area have restrictions of all sorts.  This year we are
>reading "if you had restrictions last year, they are the same this year".  My
>garden is served by a well and there are several ponds.  We are not able to
>use tested clean well water on the garden when it is needed in the house.
>
>Pumping pond water is a laborious and time consuming chore.  We have cistern
>collected water for the garden and this is, of course, limited.
>While I think unlimited watering furnishing optimum conditions is ideal it is
>not possible for many of us.
>
>Therefore, with tongue in cheek, I advise pulmonaria longifolia types which
>do not mildew.  Mrs. Moon and similar types can be sheared off completely and
>will return later in the summer.  In fact, they mildew so often for me that I
>shear them immediately after flowering.
>
>For all of the parched east coasters there may be hope.  We have had storms,
>not rainy periods, but storms twice in the last week.  Previous to that we
>had a grey cloudy period of a week producing not one drop of rain.
>
>There are two books: The Dry Garden by Beth Chatto and The Undaunted Garden
>by Lauren Springer.  Both deal with low rainfall gardening.
>
>Claire Peplowski
>East Nassau, NY
>z4
>
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