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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] What's Blooming? -Reply & Patio Plants

In a message dated 98-03-23 17:04:54 EST, tmatsu@INCH.COM writes:

<< Some bareroot Epimedium
 youngnaium 'roseum' I planted last fall are showing not signs of growth
 at all. Are they ...dead? >>
My epemedia always look dead this time of year. I think you are ok. They
remind me of miniscule oak trees that do not drop their "dead" leaves in the
winter.

Oops! There is so much to talk about on this listsreve that I think I just am
going to send my 4th post, and it isn't 6 PM yet!

So I better write some more.

I wanted to mention some things that I grow in pots on our patio, that thrive
in shade. My favorites are the various species of Plectranthus("Swedish
Ivy").Many of these are hardly like what one thinks of when hearing the term
Swedish ivy.

Others worth taking a stab at are various sedums. I like the way they cascade
over the pots.

I am also going to put Ficus pulima in a pot and see how it does.

Does anyone here grow the variegated Ginger-lily in a pot and bring it indoors
for winter? (Hedychium) It is a beauty. I don't know the species--is it
coronarium?

Hostas also do well in containers, but must be wintered-over where they can go
dormant. This means leaving them outside or in an unheated garage. A lot of
work.

Clyde Crockett z5 ccredux@aol.com  Indianapolis IN
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