Re: [SG] Kirengeshoma palmata

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• To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
• Subject: Re: [SG] Kirengeshoma palmata
• From: R* <m*@earthlink.net>
• Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 11:21:22 -0400
• References: <199805191358.JAA12670@jupiter.otherside.com>

GeneBush wrote:

> Verrrrry Interesting.
>         I planted mine in shade where it was recommended to go. Near a pine. Just
> about the time it gets ready to bloom it turns hot and dry around here and
> I get bud drop. Have never seen a good production of blooms on mine. Can
> you please go into more detail on soil, exposure and moisture for you
> Kirengeshoma? Thanks
>         Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
>           around the woods - around the world
> genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
>
>
> >
> > My plants of Kirengeshoma in the shade grow to 30".  The two plants that
> I
> > grow in 80% sun, are around 5' tall.

 Hi Gene,

I have a Kirengoshoma palmata growing in my shade garden ( gets 4 hours of direct
sun).  The plant is about 5 years old.  It's only May 19th, and the plant is already
4' across and 40" high.  Everyone who comes to the garden asks what the plant is.  It
forms a perfect mound, the foliage is beautiful - maple shaped leaves in a soft
green.

From the time I first planted it, It took until the third year until the plant was
remakable.  It is one of my favorite plants, and when I design a shade garden for
clients, I'ts very often one of the first plants that I think of including.  I do
have automatic irrigation in the bed, although there have been times when the
irrigation didn't reach this part of the garden.--  However, I have a "secret
weapon"--  behind my shade garden, there's a wooded area where the leaves (Oak and
Maple) have been collecting for years, as well as any weeds and garden refuse that I
throw over and through the shrubs that back the garden.  Whenever I plant anything
new in this garden, I  scrape away the leaves, gather up the worm castings and use
them as orgainc soil amendments.  I've never fed this garden  with any fertilizer --
the growth is amazing!!!!.
--
Rika                    Willow Pond Nursery  http://www.willowpondnursery.com
Long Island, NY
Zone 7a
mail to:  rika@willowpondnursery.com


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